Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that allows for the creation, deployment, and management of applications and services through a global network of data centers. Key executives include CEO Satya Nadella and Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie. Competitors in the cloud computing market include Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.

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OpenAI Clinches AWS Deal in Bid to Win Government Contracts

By Sri Muppidi and Aaron Holmes · Mar 17, 2026 6:00am PDT
OpenAI on Friday signed a new contract with Amazon Web Services to sell its AI to U.S. government employees for both classified and unclassified work, according to two people with direct knowledge of the agreement. The contract will allow OpenAI to support the Pentagon through a deal it hastily won late last month after the agency ditched its... OpenAI on Friday signed a new contract with Amazon Web Services to sell its AI to U.S. government...
A man wears a lobster hat that represents OpenClaw at Baidu's headquarters in Beijing. Photo by Adek Berry/ Getty Images)
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Nvidia, Startups Race to Make OpenClaw Safer to Use

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 12, 2026 7:00am PDT
Enthusiasm for OpenClaw, the popular open-source software for powering personal AI agents using personal computers, has been tempered by a number of embarrassing security snafus, such as when OpenClaw started mass-deleting emails from Meta alignment director Summer Yue’s inbox.In China, where developers are arguably even more enthusiastic about... Enthusiasm for OpenClaw, the popular open-source software for powering personal AI agents using...
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Microsoft in Talks to Lease Large Texas Data Center Site After Oracle Walked Away

By Anissa Gardizy and Miles Kruppa · Mar 11, 2026 11:36am PDT
Microsoft is in advanced talks to lease hundreds of megawatts of data center capacity at a closely watched artificial intelligence campus in Abilene, Texas, after rival Oracle walked away from the same opportunity, according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions and another person briefed about it. Meta Platforms is also in talks... Microsoft is in advanced talks to lease hundreds of megawatts of data center capacity at a...
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OpenAI’s China Ban Doesn’t Apply to Microsoft’s Azure China

By Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jul 8, 2024 6:00am PDT
OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers covertly accessing the startup’s technology, which it doesn’t offer in China. But OpenAI’s conversational AI models are available to Chinese businesses—if they sign up for Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, which operates... OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers...