Looking at specific segments, Amazon says North America sales increased 11% year-over-year to $100.1 billion; international revenue rose 16% to $36.8 billion (or increased 11% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates); and AWS (Amazon Web Services) sales jumped 17.5% to $30.9 billion.

From the question of where Amazon is in the AI race to forecasts for the next quarter, here are four key takeaways from the Q2 earnings call.

Amazon.com reported solid second-quarter earnings that beat expectations Thursday afternoon.Earnings rose to $1.68 a share versus Wall Street’s consensus estimate of $1.33, according to FactSet, and were up from $1.