$Microsoft(MSFT)$ just dropped earnings — and wow, it’s clear they’re riding the AI + cloud rocket.
🔹 Cloud revenue hit $42B, up 22% YoY
🔹 AI tools? Already boosting productivity across industries
🔹 CEO Nadella: “We're building data centers across 4 continents — AI demand is global.”
✨ Product Highlights
Microsoft Fabric: 21K+ paying customers, up 80%
Foundry AI: Over 70K enterprise users, processed 1 quadrillion+ tokens 🤯 (up 5x YoY!)
Azure AI: Driving 16 pts of Azure’s 33% growth
📊 Q3 Financials
Revenue: $70.1B (+13%)
EPS: $3.46 (+18%)
Free cash flow: $20.3B
Big enterprise orders (including OpenAI!) are rolling in 💼
🔮 Looking Ahead (Q4 Guidance)
Productivity & Biz (Office, LinkedIn): $32.0–32.35B, up 11–12%
Azure cloud: expected growth of 34–35% (power & chips still a bottleneck)
Windows? A slight dip expected due to OEM normalization
⚠️ Watch-outs
AI infrastructure still constrained
Are AI investments too aggressive? Some analysts wonder…
📣 Your turn:
Is Microsoft the most investable AI play right now, or are we in a hype cycle? Which part excites you more — Azure’s growth or AI adoption?
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