Amazon is paying Qualcomm in stock warrants, up to 60 billion dollars of chips
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Amazon is paying Qualcomm in stock warrants, up to 60 billion dollars of chips
Twenty-five million Qualcomm shares at 161.26 dollars each. That is part of what Amazon is being given in exchange for buying chips, disclosed in a Qualcomm SEC Form 8-K on 8 September.
Key Takeaways
- Qualcomm disclosed the multi-generation AWS agreement in an SEC Form 8-K on 8 September 2026
- AWS receives a warrant for up to 25 million Qualcomm shares at 161.26 dollars each, tied to purchase milestones capped at 60 billion dollars through 2036
- Only 3.75 million shares vested at signing, and the value of the initial commitment was not disclosed
- It is Qualcomm's first Western hyperscaler customer for data centre silicon and the first commercial validation of Alphawave Semi
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