Amazon Web Services

also referred to as: aws

part of Amazon

8 statements across 8 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Oct 14, 2024 by John Coogan · said 221 times in 81 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by John Coogan (45), Jordi Hays (18), Brad Gerstner (6), Tyler Denk (4), Ben Thompson (4), Packy McCormick (3), Matthew Prince (2), Guillermo Rauch (2)

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2025 90 mentions in 36 episodes 3 per episode
2024 22 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about Amazon Web Services, oldest first

Oct 14, 2024 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Coogan: Johor to match Northern Virginia data center capacity within years
“They're like a couple years away from having the same amount of Energy capacity as Northern Virginia, where like all the major AWS hubs are.”
John Coogan Oct 14, 2024 ▶ 1:29 The "Switzerland of AI" is Crazy (ep3)
Apr 10, 2025 neutral
Insight
Roberts: AI foundation models are swappable infrastructure like AWS, not locked platforms
“I think so many of these models are like hyper competitive in terms of what their performance and output actually looks like. So you can build incredible experiences off of those that can swap pretty easily between them. Yeah, I would think of them more like m…”
Bryce Roberts Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 14:53 Why the MARKET Is More FRAGILE Than EVER | Bryce Roberts on TBPN April 7th
Oct 22, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Hays: Anthropic's $2.66B AWS bill consumes roughly all of its 2025 revenue
“Apparently, Anthropic spent 2.66 billion on Amazon web services in the first three quarters of 20, 25, around 100% of their estimated revenue.”
Jordi Hays Oct 22, 2025 ▶ 10:58 OpenAI Drops A Web Browser? Our Reactions | Diet TBPN
Feb 6, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
O'Laughlin: Amazon's gigawatt project is on track while competitors face delays
“Every other gigawatt project is essentially delayed and they're going to be like ish on time.”
Doug O'Laughlin Feb 6, 2026 ▶ 24:03 FULL INTERVIEW: Doug O'Laughlin Thinks Microsoft is OUT of the AI Race
May 29, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Gerstner: Meta is up for the challenge of building enterprise compute services
“Do I worry as a shareholder at some level that it's, you know, that's hard. That's hard to take a business. It's been a 120% consumer and say, okay, now we're going to be in the business of AWS and maybe even in the business of enterprise level agents. I think…”
Brad Gerstner May 29, 2026 ▶ 23:53 Where Brad Gerstner Is Investing Billions
May 30, 2026
Assertion Contradicted
Coogan: Axios reported AWS spent around $500M on AI in one month
“And then AWS was also reported and Axios is having spent something like half a billion dollars in a single month.”
John Coogan May 30, 2026 ▶ 8:38 New Glenn Explodes, Enterprise AI Enters ROI Era, The Dinosaur Fossil Boom | Diet TBPN
Jun 15, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Baker: AI Token Factories Will Not Need AWS-Style Cloud Suites
“My thought is that being a token factory is more than enough for the next five to 10 years.”
Gavin Baker Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 7:07 Gavin Baker: SpaceX Might Be the Greatest Company of All Time
Jul 2, 2026
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Meta is planning a cloud business to sell AI compute
“Meta platforms is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business to sell access to AI computing power and models competing with industry leaders like AWS and GCP.”
John Coogan Jul 2, 2026 ▶ 0:12 The Meta Compute Debate | Diet TBPN
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