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May 18, 2026

AWS Launches Bedrock AgentCore Payments for AI-to-AI Transactions

Amazon Web Services launched Bedrock AgentCore Payments on May 7, the first hyperscaler-native infrastructure enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for APIs, data feeds, and other agents in real time using stablecoins. U.S. consumers have no dispute rights when agents make these transactions.

May 18, 2026·1 source

Apr 26, 2026

Meta Purchases Tens of Millions of AWS Graviton 5 Processor Cores from Amazon

Meta is purchasing tens of millions of AWS Graviton 5 processor cores from Amazon, making it one of the largest Graviton customers in the world for AI workloads.

Apr 26, 2026·1 source

Apr 21, 2026

Amazon Invests Additional $5 Billion in Anthropic with $100 Billion AWS Spending Commitment

Amazon has made another major investment in Anthropic, adding $5 billion to its previous funding. In return, Anthropic has committed to spending $100 billion on AWS cloud services.

Apr 21, 2026·1 source

Apr 19, 2026

Cerebras Files for IPO Following Major AWS and OpenAI Deals

AI chip startup Cerebras filed for an initial public offering after announcing agreements with Amazon Web Services for chip deployment in AWS data centers and a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth over $10 billion.

Apr 19, 2026·1 source

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▪Gartner predicted in 2024 that by 2028, roughly 25% of enterprise breaches will be attributable to AI agent exploitation from both external attackers and malicious insiders.
▪Visa's Agentic Ready program expanded to Asia Pacific and Latin America on April 29, 2026.
▪The average transaction value on the x402 protocol was under $0.31 by late April 2026.

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