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Carol Massar

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Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

All right.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

So then, I don't know, what do we want to dig into a little bit more deeper?

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

It says Microsoft's quarter includes net gains from investments in OpenAI.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

Are we going to get a little bit more of a picture about that and what's going on there?

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

What was it?

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

Well, you know, yeah.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

I mean, so is it in flux still, safe to say, Anurag, in terms of who ultimately are going to be the leaders when it comes to this AI world?

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

Or will there be multiple big players?

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

You know, interestingly, you know, looking at Microsoft Meta this year and last year, how the stocks have done, they've definitely underperformed some of the other MAG7 names and certainly some of the other large cap tech names.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

But I'm just curious, you know, the concerns have been about the AI spend and whether it's going to pay off.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

Signs here from Microsoft, Anurag, that you're seeing that it does make sense.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

This spend that Microsoft is doing, the ROI is there.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

All right.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

I want to go over to IBM, which actually outperformed Microsoft last year.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

It was up about 35%.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

And we are seeing this stock up about 8.4% following its earnings release here.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

They post revenue that topped estimates.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

They talked about

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

Software gains, specifically its software unit revenue up 12% to $19.7 billion in the fourth quarter.

Bloomberg Talks
Instant Reaction Earnings Roundup: Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Deliver Results

Software business jumping 14% to just over $9 billion.