Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag
Microsoft disclosed major gains from its Anthropic stake while OpenAI’s financial impact remained more mixed, clarifying returns on frontier-lab bets.
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When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing.
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