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Microsoft discloses Azure revenue as part of major financial reporting changes

Microsoft is reorganizing its financial reporting, collapsing three segments into two: an “Agents and Infra” segment that houses Azure and Microsoft 365, and a “Devices and Consumer” segment that includes Windows, Xbox and LinkedIn search and advertising. Beginning with the latest quarter, the company will publish Azure’s revenue, which was $29.42 billion—a 42 percent year-over-year increase.

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Sources: Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models, to compete with AWS and Azure (Bloomberg)

Meta is developing a cloud-infrastructure business that will sell access to its AI computing power and models, positioning the service as a competitor to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The initiative is aimed at monetizing excess AI capacity through a dedicated cloud offering.

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Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure

Microsoft executives expressed reservations about funding OpenAI in 2018, fearing that withholding support could drive the company toward Amazon. They also worried that OpenAI might criticize Azure if it moved to Amazon’s platform.

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