Earlier quoted context omitted.
> None of these hyperscaler deals are $ for equity. As of Feb, Amazon held $45.8 billion of convertible notes and $14.8 billion of nonvoting preferred stock in Anthropic. Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ai-bet-anthropic-soar...
Yes OP is saying they didn’t pay all cash for those shares
If I have 5% of a company, I dont care if I traded services or cash for it.