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-Internal Microsoft CFO Memo Exposes AI Deals, Coding Concerns, and Chip Strategy

After Microsoft ⁣reported results on Wednesday, CFO Amy Hood ‍ sent an internal memo to employees⁢ calling ⁣attention ‌to recent developments in AI chips and coding tools, and ‌deals with OpenAI‌ and Anthropic.

Hood sends these emails every quarter when Microsoft discloses‌ its financials. Her missives mostly rehash what the company reports publicly, such as how revenue and profit are growing, or what is discussed on analyst earnings calls.

Still, these‍ memos‌ provide⁣ insight into what⁤ Microsoft executives deem most critically important, and what they want employees‍ to know.

The latest memo highlighted how Microsoft is gaining ⁢share in markets ‍where the total addressable market is⁢ expanding.

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Hood’s ‌email also called out Azure commitments from OpenAI ⁤and Anthropic that helped increase commercial bookings, basically the deals Microsoft closed in the quarter, ‌by 230%, year over year.

Capital expenditure on computing and‍ datacenter infrastructure also broke ⁣yet another quarterly record, reaching $37.5⁤ billion, she also noted.

Read ‌the memo

Team,

This afternoon, we announced our second-quarter financial results. We ​exceeded Wall street expectations, growing revenue 17% and ⁢15% in constant‍ currency and operating income by 21% and 19% in constant currency -a strong⁤ finish to the frist half of the fiscal year.

In the quarter, Microsoft Cloud revenue surpassed⁣ $50 billion for the first‍ time, ⁤growing ⁢26% and 24% in constant currency.

There were many‍ highlights this ⁤quarter, but a few stand out as reminders of the value our products and services deliver⁤ to‌ customers – and as‍ proof points‍ of the progress we are ⁣making:

  • Commercial bookings, which ‍best represents ⁣the amount of business we closed in the quarter, increased 230% and 228% in constant currency‍ driven by previously announced Azure commitments from openai and anthropic, with healthy growth across our core ​an

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