Tag Archives: Satya Nadella

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7 trillion. For all our sakes, pray that he doesn’t get this.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reflects on a decade of change and tremendous growth

Satya Nadella celebrates his tenth anniversary as Microsoft CEO on Sunday, capping a decade of stunning growth by keeping the slow-moving software giant laser-focused on cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Microsoft’s shares are up more than 1,000% since Nadella took the helm in 2014, compared to the S&P 500’s more gradual growth of 185%. Microsoft… Read More »

Microsoft’s short-term fate lies in the hands of OpenAI – for better or worse

When OpenAI descended into boardroom-war-chaos just before Thanksgiving, Microsoft (MSFT) was immediately targeted. The software giant had already partnered with OpenAI, uncontroversially and initially with great fanfare. Microsoft first invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, then raised another $10 billion in January. Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI is reportedly worth $13 billion in total, albeit… Read More »