Reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday afternoon, it will be tough for Microsoft to avoid the issue of the AI breakthroughs from China's DeepSeek that are shaking up the tech world and the stock market this week.
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) was one of the very few large-cap tech firms that was spared from the DeepSeek rout, but this "felt about right", according to UBS, but the 14% fall for Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL, ETR:ORC) "felt excessive". The emergence of a potentially more efficient method for training artificial intelligence models "validates much of what Microsoft has been saying/doing of late", analysts at the Swiss bank said.
Microsoft will report fiscal second-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a picture of himself with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday and suggested their relationship is going well. Altman wrote that the "next phase" of their partnership is "gonna be much better than anyone is ready for!
DeepSeek's open-source models will aid Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI in optimizing cheaper, smarter AI, presenting a massive value opportunity for Microsoft investors. The $5-6 million training cost of DeepSeek-V3 is misleading and doesn't reflect the true development costs, which are significantly higher. DeepSeek's models reduce token costs dramatically, making advanced AI more accessible and practical for business use, benefiting Microsoft's Azure services.
The potential for Microsoft to acquire TikTok is looping back around again like a viral social dance clip on endless repeat.
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President Donald Trump told reporters that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, Bloomberg reports. Although Trump didn't elaborate, he stated that “there's great interest in TikTok” and that there will be “a lot of people bidding on it.
I am going to focus on three companies within Big Tech: Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Alphabet. Microsoft's gross PP&E increased from $22 Billion in FY'2013 to $212 Billion in FY'2024. In Meta's case, we do see a somewhat noticeable mix shift within PP&E for servers and network assets, as it declined from ~45-60% in 2013-2018 period to ~38-42% in the last five years.
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OpenAI announced its biggest product launch since its enterprise rollout. It's called ChatGPT Gov, and was built specifically for U.S. government use.
Microsoft Corp MSFT heads into its second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday with bullish technical indicators but mixed sentiment from partners.