Investors already wanted to see what companies like Microsoft Corp. and its Big Tech peers plan to spend on artificial intelligence, and how those investments are working for the businesses so far. Now there’s greater interest in those spending goals thanks to DeepSeek’s indication that it’s possible to build AI services at a fraction of the cost previously thought.

Amazon Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s UK cloud service offerings are facing closer scrutiny in the UK as the watchdog said it had concerns over their market dominance.

The UK antitrust regulator has singled out Microsoft for using its dominance in software to stifle rivals in the £9bn UK cloud services market, as the watchdog warned competition “is not working”. An independent panel acting for the Competition and Markets Authority said on Tuesday that a lack of competition in cloud services was “likely to be leading to higher costs,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the next phase of his company's partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will surpass expectations. "(The) next phase of the msft x oai partnership is gonna be much better than anyone is ready for!