# Amazon spent nearly $23 billion on R&D last year — more than any other U.S. company

https://blog.cynexia.com/amazon-spent-nearly-23-billion-on-rd-last-year-more-than-any-other-u-s-company

Author: [Rob Aleck](https://blog.cynexia.com/pages/about) · https://github.com/mnbf9rca · https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertaleck/ · https://family-foqos.app/

Published: 2018-05-02
Categories: LinkedIn cross-post


Pouring resources in to Alexa, AWS and experiments like Amazon Go, Amazon invested nearly $23bn on R&D last year, nearly 1/3 of the total spend of the top 5 (next come Alphabet, Intel, Microsoft, and Apple).  
[https://www.recode.net/2018/4/9/17204004/amazon-research-development-rd](<https://web.archive.org/web/20180502091300/https://www.recode.net/2018/4/9/17204004/amazon-research-development-rd>)Tech companies claimed the top five spots again this year.