# California officials on Monday said newly unsealed court filings show Amazon.com engaged in an illegal price-fixing scheme.

*business · news · 2026-04-21 · Benzinga*

## Key points

- Unsealed court filings allege Amazon pressured vendors to raise prices across Walmart and Target.
- Amazon allegedly threatened vendors with penalties if they didn't increase prices on rival sites.
- California claims Amazon's actions led to coordinated price increases across major retailers.
- Anthropic is set to spend over $100 billion on Amazon Web Services in the next decade.
- Amazon expanded its investment in Anthropic with $5 billion upfront and up to $20 billion more.

**Companies:** Amazon.com Inc., Anthropic
**Countries:** United States

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