Amazon: Our conviction that AI will change every customer experience is starting to play out

 Amazon.com, Inc. today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2025, revealing operating income increased to $19.2 billion.Net sales increased 13% to $167.7 billion in the second quarter, compared with $148.0 billion in second quarter 2024. Excluding the $1.5 billion favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales increased 12% compared with second quarter 2024.North America segment sales increased 11% year-over-year to $100.1 billion.International segment sales increased 16% year-over-year to $36.8 billion, or increased 11% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates.AWS segment sales increased 17.5% year-over-year to $30.9 billion.Operating income increased to $19.2 billion in the second quarter, compared with $14.7 billion in second quarter 2024.North America segment operating income was $7.5 billion, compared with $5.1 billion in second quarter 2024.International segment operating income was $1.5 billion, compared with $0.3 billion in second quarter 2024.AWS segment operating income was $10.2 billion, compared with $9.3 billion in second quarter 2024.Net income increased to $18.2 billion in the second quarter, or $1.68 per diluted share, compared with $13.5 billion, or $1.26 per diluted share, in second quarter 2024.Operating cash flow increased 12% to $121.1 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $108.0 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2024.Free cash flow decreased to $18.2 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $53.0 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2024.“Our conviction that AI will change every customer experience is starting to play out as we’ve expanded Alexa+ to millions of customers, continue to see our shopping agent used by many millions of customers, launched AI models like DeepFleet that optimize productivity paths for our 1M+ robots, made it much easier for software developers to write code with Kiro (our new agentic IDE), launched Strands to make it easier to build AI agents, and released Bedrock AgentCore to enable agents to be operated securely and scalably,” said Andy Jassy, President and CEO, Amazon. “Our AI progress across the board continues to improve our customer experiences, speed of innovation, operational efficiency, and business growth, and I’m excited for what lies ahead.”Some other highlights since the company’s last earnings announcement include that Amazon:Held its biggest Prime Day event ever, with customers saving billions of dollars and independent sellers achieving record sales.Announced expansion of Same-Day and Next-Day Delivery to tens of millions of U.S. customers in 4,000+ smaller cities, towns, and rural communities by end of 2025.Launched generative AI tools to enhance shopping experience, including “Hear the highlights” to turn product summaries and reviews into audio clips, and “Enhance My Listing” to keep listings current and compelling.Announced “AI Zones” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (with HUMAIN) and Korea (with SK Group).Announced multi-billion dollar investments to expand cloud infrastructure and advance AI innovation in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Australia.Introduced DeepFleet, an AI model that makes Amazon’s one million+ robots work smarter by coordinating movements to find optimal paths and reduce bottlenecks, improving robot travel efficiency by 10%.Enhanced inventory management with AI-powered demand forecasting, improving regional accuracy by 20%, and optimizing inventory placement and delivery speeds for millions of popular items.Introduced Vulcan, Amazon’s first robot to combine sight and touch to navigate cluttered spaces like humans do, making jobs safer and easier.Announced 700,000+ employees participated in upskilling programs to date.Launched new robotics and engineering apprenticeships for U.S. employees.Financial GuidanceThe following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com’s expectations as of July 31, 2025, and are subject to substantial uncertainty. Our results are inherently unpredictable and may be materially affected by many factors, such as fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, changes in global economic and geopolitical conditions, tariff and trade policies, and customer demand and spending (including the impact of recessionary fears), inflation, interest rates, regional labor market constraints, world events, the rate of growth of the internet, online commerce, cloud services, and new and emerging technologies, and the various factors detailed below.Third Quarter 2025 GuidanceNet sales are expected to be between $174.0 billion and $179.5 billion, or to grow between 10% and 13% compared with third quarter 2024. This guidance anticipates a favorable impact of approximately 130 basis points from foreign exchange rates.Operating income is expected to be between $15.5 billion and $20.5 billion, compared with $17.4 billion in third quarter 2024.This guidance assumes, among other things, that no additional business acquisitions, restructurings, or legal settlements are concluded.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Post&Parcel Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Post&Parcel