Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that DeepSeek will inevitably help the American AI industry rather than hurt it. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella isn’t pressed about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s recent success.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's model led to increased scrutiny on Microsoft's AI spending.
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.
The Microsoft CEO will have to perform a delicate balancing act over the next four years to keep his company from becoming a target.
The Microsoft CEO cited Jevons paradox, which stipulates increased efficiency in production drives increased demand.
In an apparent response to the attention on a new AI model out of China, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted online
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had the quote of the week in response to a question from CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin about Elon Musk questioning the ability of the new Stargate Project's financial backers to invest up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure.
Microsoft plans to spend $108 billion on data centres this fiscal year to meet customers' AI demands. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Two of the most powerful tech leaders in the world, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are not exactly fans of the $500 billion Stargate AI initiative announced by Trump this week.
A late-night post on X from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on an economic concept known as Jevons Paradox sought to counter fears that the emergence of China’s DeepSeek large language model and chatbot would pop the artificial-intelligence bubble.
DeepSeek’s success initially rattled investors’ assumptions about the AI spending wave that has swept through Silicon Valley in recent years.
Microsoft has forecast disappointing growth in its cloud computing business, sending its shares down 4.5% in after-hours trading as investors worry about big spending, elusive artificial intelligence revenue and competition from cheaper AI models from China.