Amazon is discussing investing as much as $50 billion in OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Jan. 29), citing unnamed sources. SoftBank is separately in discussions to invest up to $30 billion more in OpenAI as part of the same round, adding to its existing stake. A large OpenAI investment would place Amazon in the unusual position of backing rival model developers at the same time. Any OpenAI investment would add context to how Amazon is positioning itself ahead of what could be described as a multiyear buildout cycle for AI compute and services. For all PYMNTS AI coverage, subscribe to the daily AI Newsletter.