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Trump confirmed private White House dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

By The Likely · Updated Sep 28, 5:23 PM ET · Drawn from 4 sources · Written by AI, checked against sources

President Donald Trump confirmed he would meet Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a private White House dinner on the evening of September 27, 2026.

Why it mattersAmazon's second-quarter net income included $53.4 billion in non-operating pre-tax other income primarily from its investments in Anthropic.

How we got here

  1. Amazon and Anthropic announced an expanded partnership, including Anthropic’s commitment to spend more than $100 billion on AWS over ten years and Amazon’s planned investment. Anthropic
  2. Amazon reported second-quarter results, including $42.2 billion in AWS sales and $53.4 billion in non-operating pre-tax other income primarily from Anthropic investments. Aboutamazon
  3. Amazon announced Seller Assistant workflows and a selling-partner plugin launching with Amazon Quick and in beta with Claude. Aboutamazon
  4. Trump confirmed a private White House dinner with Amodei. Foxbusiness
  5. Amazon scheduled its next earnings call. Public

What's likely next

  1. Undated: Amazon said it would continue to expand Seller Assistant’s capabilities and extend the plugin to more third-party AI tools.

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