**[Thrive Capital Acquires $215 Million in Amazon Shares]** BlockBeats News, August 15: According to Bloomberg, Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital has purchased approximately $215 million worth of Amazon shares, continuing the venture capital firm's strategy of entering public market investments. This investment was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday and is expected to provide Thrive with exposure to a major company benefiting from artificial intelligence. Amazon benefits from AI through offerings such as proxy AI shopping tools and providing computing infrastructure for other businesses. Earlier this month, Amazon's market capitalization surpassed $3 trillion for the first time, making it the fifth company to reach this milestone. Thrive declined to comment, and Amazon representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Thrive is known for its early investments in companies like SpaceX, Stripe, and OpenAI, the latter of which is also supported by Amazon. Other public market holdings of the venture capital firm include Figma Inc., Stubhub Holdings Inc., and Oscar Health, which Kushner co-founded and incubated. [Original Link]