Amazon AMZN｜Prime Day breaks $26.4 billion, entering the SaaS + AI office market
Amazon’s four-day Prime Day 2026 sales reached $26.4 billion, far exceeding expectations, with AI shopping guides emerging as a new highlight. Even more significant, Amazon has moved quickly into the SaaS space: it launched desktop AI agents Quick, as well as AI tools for logistics and recruiting scenarios, and also announced that AWS would open access to OpenAI’s GPT series models—upgrading from “selling cloud services” to “selling AI applications.” On June 18, the stock rose 2.4%. But on June 25, it was included by the EU in the scope of “gatekeeper” regulation, and the stock fell 2.67% to $228. The FTC’s investigation into ad-business “hidden reserve prices” may see developments in the summer. Amazon’s strategy is clear: AWS provides the underlying computing power, Quick builds the top-layer applications, and Prime Day creates a closed-loop system of consumer data—three-in-one construction of an AI business empire. Near-term regulatory pressure is not small, but the long-term story still positions it as “the most underestimated AI player.”
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Amazon’s four-day Prime Day 2026 sales reached $26.4 billion, far exceeding expectations, with AI shopping guides emerging as a new highlight. Even more significant, Amazon has moved quickly into the SaaS space: it launched desktop AI agents Quick, as well as AI tools for logistics and recruiting scenarios, and also announced that AWS would open access to OpenAI’s GPT series models—upgrading from “selling cloud services” to “selling AI applications.” On June 18, the stock rose 2.4%. But on June 25, it was included by the EU in the scope of “gatekeeper” regulation, and the stock fell 2.67% to $228. The FTC’s investigation into ad-business “hidden reserve prices” may see developments in the summer. Amazon’s strategy is clear: AWS provides the underlying computing power, Quick builds the top-layer applications, and Prime Day creates a closed-loop system of consumer data—three-in-one construction of an AI business empire. Near-term regulatory pressure is not small, but the long-term story still positions it as “the most underestimated AI player.”
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