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Microsoft reports Azure Q2 revenue up 39% YoY, vs. 38.8% est.; Microsoft cloud's contracted backlog grew 110% to $625B, ~45% of which was driven by OpenAI alone (Reuters)
Reuters:
Microsoft reports Azure Q2 revenue up 39% YoY, vs. 38.8% est.; Microsoft cloud's contracted backlog grew 110% to $625B, ~45% of which was driven by OpenAI alone — Microsoft (MSFT.O) delivered a marginal beat on quarterly revenue expectations for its crucial cloud-computing business on Wednesday …
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PaleBlueDot, which operates a GPU capacity marketplace and designs GPU clusters for enterprises, raised a $150M Series B led by B Capital at a $1B+ valuation (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
Krystal Hu / Reuters:
PaleBlueDot, which operates a GPU capacity marketplace and designs GPU clusters for enterprises, raised a $150M Series B led by B Capital at a $1B+ valuation — Artificial intelligence cloud startup PaleBlueDot AI has raised $150 million in a Series B funding round, valuing the company …
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Microsoft says capital expenditures for Q2 hit $37.5B, exceeding analyst estimates for $36.2B; MSFT drops 4%+ after hours (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Microsoft says capital expenditures for Q2 hit $37.5B, exceeding analyst estimates for $36.2B; MSFT drops 4%+ after hours — Microsoft Corp.'s spending surged to a record high and cloud sales growth slowed, sending the shares down amid investor concerns that it could take longer than expected …