Amazon (AMZN) Retains AWS Users’ Access to Claude Following Layoffs in Robotics Unit

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is among the 11 best robotics stocks to buy right now. On March 6, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) said that it will continue to make Anthropic’s AI technology available to its cloud customers, excluding work involving the U.S. Department of Defense. The government agency recently labeled the company a “supply chain risk,” while President Donald Trump asked federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) invested $8 billion in Anthropic, which found itself in hot water with the U.S. government after it refused the DOD’s request to let it operate the company’s technology in all lawful use cases without limitation.

Meanwhile, on March 4, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) confirmed that it laid off 100 white-collar jobs across its robotics unit, continuing a trend of job cuts for the online retailing giant. The company had already laid off about 30,000 employees since October 2025, when its first round of layoffs affected 14,000 white-collar employees, followed by 16,000 jobs in January. The layoffs represented nearly 10% of white-collar workers, though the bulk of the company’s 1.5 million workers are hourly staff, particularly in warehouses known as fulfillment centers.

Amazon (AMZN) Retains AWS Users' Access to Claude Following Layoffs in Robotics Unit

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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) operates across e-commerce, digital content, advertising, and cloud computing. Its online and offline stores offer both in-house and third-party products, while its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division runs one of the world’s largest data center networks.

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