Announcement ·
Amazon reaches one million robots: “Many repetitive tasks done by humans will be done by them”
Original title, in Spanish: “Amazon alcanza el millón de robots: “Muchos trabajos repetitivos que hacen los humanos serán realizados por ellos””
- Publication
- Cinco Días (Spain)
- Author
- Santiago Millán
- Published on
- 30 October 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 30 October 2026
Summary
Amazon reported its third-quarter results, marked by negative free cash flow of $42.4 billion linked to investments in artificial intelligence, which sent its share price down. CEO Andy Jassy said the company now has more than one million robots in its fulfilment network, which in his view will eventually take over the most repetitive human tasks, without reducing overall employment. Jassy also discussed the growing use of generative AI through AWS, the increasing number of models available to customers, and the strong growth in purchases made through the Alexa assistant (+570% in interactions over a year, 400 million customers). AWS generated $45.9 billion in revenue for the quarter, and the group plans $220 billion of investment in 2026.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on Cinco Días →Figures cited
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1,000,000 robots
Number of robots in Amazon's fulfilment network
Amazon fulfilment network, worldwide, 2026
« el consejero delegado de Amazon, Andy Jassy, ha señalado que la compañía cuenta con más de un millón de robots en su red de distribución »
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400,000,000 customers
Amazon customers who used Alexa to shop over 12 months
Amazon, last 12 months, 2026
« más de 400 millones de clientes de Amazon han utilizado Alexa para comprar en los últimos 12 meses »
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570 %
Annual increase in customer interactions with Alexa
Amazon, Alexa, annual change, 2026
« las interacciones con los clientes aumentaron un “impresionante” 570% interanual »
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50 %
Additional spend per order by US customers using Alexa
Amazon US customers
« Los clientes estadounidenses que usan Alexa para comprar gastan un 50% más por pedido que quienes no la usan »
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45,900,000,000 USD
AWS revenue in the third quarter
AWS, Q3 2026
« Los ingresos de este negocio se situaron en 45.900 millones de dólares, frente a las expectativas de 45.680 millones »
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85 %
Share of global IT spending still on-premises (non-cloud)
Global enterprise IT spending, Amazon estimate
« la gran mayoría del gasto global en TI, alrededor del 85%, todavía se realiza en las instalaciones de la empresa »
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-42,400,000,000 USD
Negative free cash flow linked to AI investments
Amazon, last 12 months, 2026
« registrar un flujo de caja libre negativo histórico de 42.400 millones de dólares (unos 37.900 millones de euros), como consecuencia de las fuertes inversiones en inteligencia artificial (IA) »
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220,000,000,000 USD
Amazon's planned investment (capex) for 2026
Amazon, forecast for 2026
« El grupo prevé cerrar 2026 con un gasto de capital de 220.000 millones »
Classification
- Country
- United States
- Company size
- Large companies
- Industries
- Retail and distribution, e-commerce · Transport, logistics, supply chain · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms
- Companies
- Amazon (deploys AI), AWS (supplier), Alphabet (cited), Anthropic (cited)
- Keywords
- robotics, fulfilment centres, generative artificial intelligence, cloud, aws, capex investment
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Cinco Días and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.