‘I’m good for my $80 billion’: What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella really meant by his Stargate zinger
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella definitely had the quote of the week in tech in response to a question from CNBC's
Podcast: Stargate, OpenAI and Microsoft; BlueSky in Seattle; and Madrona’s big new funds
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we delve into the Stargate Project announcement by OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank, in conjunction with President Trump, and assess the implications for OpenAI's relationship with Microsoft.
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Don't Want to Pay for Copilot AI? Switch to Microsoft 365 Classic
A standard subscription to Microsoft 365 includes Copilot for an additional $3 per month. Here’s how to get a cheaper Classic plan without the AI features.
Microsoft’s head of venture has resigned
Chris Young, Microsoft's head of of business development and its venture unit, M12, resigned from his role on Wednesday, the company said.

Microsoft, OpenAI and Stargate

Microsoft Poised to Benefit From Stargate JV With Zero Money
OpenAI’s Stargate Deal Heralds Shift Away From Microsoft
Stargate: How Microsoft can benefit from Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle’s $500 billion-joint AI project with zero money
Despite investing almost $14 billion in OpenAI and using the startup’s AI models for its next-generation cloud services, Microsoft was mentioned only as a technology partner in a joint venture called Stargate launched by OpenAI,
Microsoft is changing the way you sign in - and it could be a security nightmare
Starting next month, if you don't want the browser to remember your Microsoft login credentials, you'll have to manually log out or open the page in private browsing mode. Here's why.
Microsoft rumored to launch a smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop soon
Microsoft has already scheduled a “major” Surface for Business event next week. There, we’re anticipating variants of the current Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 CoPilot Plus PCs that have Intel’s Lunar Lake chips inside and are aimed at business customers.
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Microsoft is “Flooring it” on AI in 2025—It’s Time to Buy the Stock.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is about to have another big AI-driven year as the enterprise behemoth aims to spend a colossal $80 billion on AI-related efforts for fiscal year 2025, a big chunk of which will go toward building out AI data centers.
Benchmark's Bill Gurley: Microsoft-OpenAI deal sounds like one of the most complex of all time
Bill Gurley, Benchmark general partner, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss Stargate's impact on AI infrastructure, Elon musk and more.
The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster
At the start of 2025, with no warning, Microsoft gave its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Most everything about this launch was a mess. Here's what went wrong.
Microsoft is letting OpenAI get its own AI compute now
The new agreement “includes changes to the exclusivity on new capacity, moving to a model where Microsoft has a right of first refusal (ROFR),” Microsoft says. “To further support OpenAI, Microsoft has approved OpenAI’s ability to build additional capacity, primarily for research and training of models.”
Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader
Chris Young, Microsoft executive vice president of business development, strategy, and ventures, at the GeekWire Summit in 2021. (GeekWire File Photo /