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Microsoft and Oracle Discussed Sharing AI Servers to Solve Shortage

By Aaron Holmes and Anissa Gardizy · May 9, 2023 4:01 PM PDT · 3 comments

Oracle and Microsoft recently discussed an unusual agreement to rent servers from each other if either company runs out of computing power for cloud customers that use large-scale artificial intelligence, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. A deal would help the two rival cloud providers meet surging demand for... Oracle and Microsoft recently discussed an unusual agreement to rent servers from each other if...

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Meta to Bring In Microsoft Exec to Lead Chips Effort as It Evaluates Strategy

By Sylvia Varnham O'Regan · April 25, 2023 11:25 AM PDT

Meta Platforms has hired a chip executive from Microsoft to oversee its work developing custom chips for hardware devices, according to two people familiar with the matter. The hire comes as Meta is evaluating the company’s silicon strategy, a move that could spell more layoffs. Jean Boufarhat, who currently serves as corporate vice... Meta Platforms has hired a chip executive from Microsoft to oversee its work developing...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Photos by Getty Images; Bloomberg.

OpenAI and Microsoft Are Partners, Until They Vie for the Same Customers

By Aaron Holmes and Kevin McLaughlin · March 21, 2023 6:00 AM PDT · 4 comments

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has enraptured the business world since its November release and OpenAI is signing up customers eager to pay to use its artificial intelligence models in their own products. But the Microsoft-backed startup faces a surprising rival: Microsoft itself. As part of its multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, Microsoft has... OpenAI’s ChatGPT has enraptured the business world since its November release and OpenAI is...

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Microsoft Lays Off 150 Cloud Sales Specialists

By Kevin McLaughlin · Feb. 14, 2023 3:20 PM PST

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Microsoft Lays Off 150 Cloud Sales Specialists

By Kevin McLaughlin · Feb. 14, 2023 3:20 PM PST

Microsoft last week laid off around 150 employees from a team tasked with convincing medium-size companies to adopt cloud services such as Azure server rentals and Microsoft 365 productivity apps, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The cuts to that team, known as digital cloud acquisition, indicate that the plan hasn’t gone... Microsoft last week laid off around 150 employees from a team tasked with convincing medium-size...

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Microsoft Eyes ‘Super App’ to Break Apple and Google’s Hold on Mobile Search

By Aaron Holmes and Jon Victor · Dec. 6, 2022 6:00 AM PST · 7 comments

Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that could combine shopping, messaging, web search, news feeds and other services in a one-stop smartphone app, in what would be an ambitious move by the software giant to expand further into consumer services, according to people with direct knowledge of the discussions. Microsoft... Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that could combine shopping,...

Microsoft competition attorney Rima Alaily. Art by Mike Sullivan

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How a Microsoft Antitrust Attorney Keeps Its Mega-Acquisitions From Getting Killed

By Aaron Holmes · Oct. 21, 2022 6:00 AM PDT · 2 comments

As head of Microsoft’s competition law group, Rima Alaily’s main job is to help close mergers at one of the world’s most acquisitive companies by shepherding them through sometimes sticky antitrust reviews. In early 2021, though, Alaily had a different goal: killing a deal. The team Alaily leads aimed to torpedo Nvidia’s... As head of Microsoft’s competition law group, Rima Alaily’s main job is to help close...

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