The tech giants on Wednesday talked up their AI strategies and said they are sticking with ambitious investments in the technology despite the investor panic this week over the ri
Microsoft’s cloud and AI businesses are doing pretty well — and their impact is being felt across the company. In its Q2 2025 earnings, Microsoft announced revenue of $69.6 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent year-over-year, and net income of $24.1 billion, which is up 10 percent year-over-year.
AI revenue run rate reached $13 billion, as the company reported $69.6 billion in revenue for the December quarter, up 12%, with earnings of $3.23/share, topping Wall Street's expectations by both measures.
Microsoft Corp. said its cloud-computing business will continue to grow slowly in the current quarter as the company struggles to build enough data centers to handle demand for its artificial intelligence products.
Microsoft reported that its flagship cloud computing business experienced a slowdown in growth amid constraints on data center supply.
The tech giant’s revenue was up 12 percent to $69.6 billion, but investors are showing their nerves after a long boom for tech stocks.
AI, DeepSeek and Microsoft
In its own research, DeepSeek said it had “distilled” models from its R1 system based on other open-source systems. Unlike OpenAI’s closed systems, some models such as Meta’s Llama are open-source and freely available for use.
Microsoft is doubling down on its investments in Malaysia with the acquisition of an additional plot of land near the Singapore border from Crescendo Corp.—a real estate developer controlled by palm oil tycoon Gooi Seong Lim—as the U.
Microsoft reported lower-than-expected revenue growth for its AI and cloud divisions as scrutiny grows over tech's AI investments.
Microsoft is testing a better integration between iPhone and Windows 11 PCs. Here is what the iPhone Mirroring-ish feature will look like.