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It's a long-time titan in the high-tech industry. Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT) It's not the company that usually comes to mind when conversation turns into artificial intelligence (AI). Unlike Pure-Play AI developers, Microsoft runs a vast business that includes traditional software, cloud services, and even hardware. But beneath it is an AI that is all growing.
Turn the AI straight out
Microsoft's conference call discussed the results of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025 at the end of July, with CEO Satyanadella and his fellow top executives mentioning AI more than 37 times.
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This technology is clearly the biggest mind from Down's C-Suite to Microsoft, cultivating the gob of capital to its development. This is a major investor in Openai, perhaps the most famous AI tool (CHATGPT).
Indeed, it is not a coincidence, it is also a frequent user of Openai's technology. In many ways, this is integrated into a “digital assistant” that is easily accessible to a variety of products, especially Copilot, Windows and Office 365 users. Other products and services such as Bing Search Engine, Edge Browser, and GitHub Developer Platform have also received AI Spruce Up.
Many businesses
The big advantage of being an AI company packed into a vast tech house operating in a large revenue-generating segment (software, video games, cloud computing, etc.) is that AI operations don't have to make a profit (as opposed to purely play AI business). At least it's not yet for a while.
Plus, Microsoft has been a cash-generating giant throughout history. It can devote a massive chunk of capital to continuous AI integration, which has more than human and operational resources to get the job done. The company may not be considered a “good” AI stock, but it certainly plunges deep into technology and is buying the future of technology wisely (if it's a bit sideways).
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