StocksMedium•27 October 2026•
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Amazon Forecasts Alexa+ Cloud Costs to Hit $1.7 Billion in 2026
Key Facts
1Amazon projects Alexa+ will incur approximately $1.7 billion in AWS cloud costs in 2026, nearly tripling the previous year's total.
2The company is considering cutting $450 million from Alexa+ operations, including reducing spending on the Moonraker AI agent.
Amazon projects that its Alexa+ service will incur approximately $1.7 billion in AWS cloud costs in 2026, nearly tripling the total from the previous year. Crypto Briefing reported that the company is considering cutting $450 million from Alexa+ operations, which includes reducing investment in the Moonraker AI agent to offset rising memory and component expenses.
AMZN closed at $249.09 on October 26, 2026, with the stock trading between a low of $247.23 and a high of $250.79 during that session. These projections emerge as Amazon evaluates a shift toward in-house AI models to maintain fiscal discipline amid surging infrastructure demands for its generative AI features.