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Microsoft

Provides cloud, productivity and software platforms, including Azure AI infrastructure.

DirectCloud & compute
What it does

Provides cloud, productivity and software platforms, including Azure AI infrastructure.

Why it matters

Its Azure cloud is the exclusive-at-launch home for many OpenAI models and a major venue for enterprise AI adoption.

How it makes money

Sells cloud computing, software and services, including AI infrastructure and AI-enabled products such as Copilot.

Geography

United States

AI stack position

Cloud and specialized AI compute providers. The companies that buy up AI infrastructure and rent out computing power to AI developers and businesses. This is how most companies access AI computing without building their own data centers.

Connections (36)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Current relationships (19)

SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) distributes Grok models through Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Microsoft's developer documentation, last updated August 26, 2026, lists eight SpaceXAI Grok models including grok-4.6 as Foundry Models sold by Azure and hosted on Microsoft's infrastructure.

Source: 2026-08-26 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: A product document. It does not disclose the revenue split between Microsoft and SpaceXAI, usage volumes, the length of the agreement, or whether Microsoft trains or fine-tunes anything. Several of the listed models are marked preview.

Deploy and use Grok models in Microsoft Foundry ↗
Synopsys co-develops agentic AI chip-design workflows with Microsoft
Co-develops withCurrent
Synopsys and Microsoft jointly developed autonomous agentic-AI chip-design workflows, made available for evaluation on Microsoft's Discovery platform, as part of a three-way collaboration that also includes AMD.

Source: 2026-07-27 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes an evaluation-stage platform collaboration; does not disclose revenue, licensing terms, or production usage by Microsoft's own chip teams.

Synopsys Advances Agentic AI Chip Design with AMD and Microsoft ↗
Harvey runs on Microsoft Azure AI infrastructure Microsoft
Uses technology fromCurrent
Microsoft has published a customer story describing Harvey's use of Azure AI infrastructure, and trade press reported a deepened Harvey-Microsoft relationship in July 2026.

Source: 2026-07-23 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Active cloud/technology partnership

Limits: Confirms a technology and customer relationship; does not establish exclusivity or the specific terms of any commercial agreement.

Harvey Deepens Microsoft Relationship ↗
Databricks partners with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
Databricks and Microsoft expanded their partnership into the 2030s, with Databricks running its core business operations on Azure Databricks, adopting Azure Cobalt processors, and integrating Databricks Genie and Unity AI Gateway across Microsoft 365, Power BI and Teams.

Source: 2026-07-23 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish the financial terms of the partnership or exclusivity; Databricks also runs on AWS and Google Cloud.

Databricks and Microsoft expand partnership to help enterprises bring business context to enterprise AI ↗
Microsoft expanded strategic AI partnership with Mistral AI
Partners withCurrent
Microsoft and Mistral AI expanded their strategic partnership with a multibillion-dollar commitment to European AI infrastructure, deploying Mistral models (Mistral Medium 3.5, OCR 4) in Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio across Azure.

Source: 2026-07-21 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active as of joint announcement, described as an expansion of an existing partnership

Limits: Describes an infrastructure and product-integration commitment; does not itself establish an equity stake, ownership percentage, or specific dollar figure.

Microsoft and Mistral expand strategic partnership to give enterprises and regulated industries frontier AI they can control ↗
Anthropic publishes models through Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Haiku 4.5 models became generally available in Microsoft Foundry, hosted on Azure, with Anthropic operating inference as the data processor and consolidated billing against Azure commitments.

Source: 2026-06-29 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish exclusivity; Claude models are also distributed via AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI.

Claude in Microsoft Foundry is now generally available ↗
OpenAI ships its products first on the cloud of Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Under the amended agreement announced in April 2026, OpenAI said its products will ship first on Azure unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities, while OpenAI can now serve all its products across any cloud provider.

Source: 2026-04-27 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes contractual terms as of April 2026, not usage. It does not establish what share of OpenAI traffic runs on Azure, and it explicitly removes the earlier cloud exclusivity, so it should not be read as an exclusive arrangement.

The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership ↗
Microsoft invested in Wayve
Invested inCurrent
Wayve named Microsoft among the strategic participants in its 1.2 billion dollar Series D announced on 25 February 2026.

Source: 2026-02-25 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Wayve's own release. It does not state the amount, the stake acquired, or that Wayve trains its models on Microsoft Azure.

Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platform ↗
TSMC manufactures chips for Microsoft
Manufactures forCurrent
Industry reporting indicates Microsoft's Maia 200 AI accelerator is built on TSMC's 3nm process node.

Source: 2026-01-27 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Does not confirm order volumes or exclusivity; TSMC does not comment on individual customers, and Microsoft's own materials do not name the foundry.

Microsoft Unveils Maia 200 AI Chip on TSMC 3nm; SK hynix Reportedly Sole HBM3E Supplier ↗
Astera Labs co-develops CXL memory technology with Microsoft
Co-develops withCurrent
Astera Labs and Microsoft jointly announced Astera Labs' Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers integrated into Azure M-series virtual machines, with both companies' executives describing engineering collaboration from early architecture through platform integration; the offering is in private preview.

Source: 2025-11-18 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Azure M-series with Leo CXL controllers was in private preview as of this release, not general availability; does not establish deal value or exclusivity.

Astera Labs' Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers on Microsoft Azure M-series Virtual Machines Overcome the Memory Wall ↗
Digital Realty provides interconnection infrastructure to Microsoft
Provides infrastructure toCurrent
Digital Realty deployed Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute cloud on-ramps in Atlanta, Brussels and Vienna (bringing its total to 15 such on-ramp locations globally), announced April 24, 2025, enabling customers private dedicated connections to Azure.

Source: 2025-04-24 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes interconnection infrastructure only; does not establish revenue, exclusivity, or volume of Azure traffic carried.

Digital Realty Deploys Three Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Cloud On-Ramps ↗
Meta Platforms distributes Llama models through Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Microsoft announced that the first Llama 4 models were available in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks from the day of their release.

Source: 2025-04-05 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Establishes catalog availability on Microsoft's platform as of April 2025 only. It does not establish revenue sharing, which later Llama versions are carried, usage levels, or any exclusivity.

Introducing the Llama 4 herd in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks ↗
AMD supplies Microsoft
SuppliesCurrent
AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators power Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service workloads and the new Azure ND MI300X v5 virtual machine series.

Source: 2024-05-21 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish volumes purchased or that MI300X is Azure's primary AI accelerator, which remains predominantly Nvidia GPUs.

AMD Instinct MI300X Accelerators Power Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service Workloads and New Azure ND MI300X V5 VMs ↗
Siemens standardizes digital twin technology with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
Siemens and Microsoft announced a joint commitment to converge Siemens' Digital Twin Definition Language (DTDL) with the W3C Thing Description standard to unify digital twin data models across IoT and industrial platforms.

Source: 2024-04-15 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported ongoing standardization collaboration as of April 2024

Limits: Describes a technical standards collaboration, not a commercial supply or revenue relationship; does not establish current implementation status.

Siemens and Microsoft to converge Digital Twin Definition Language with W3C Thing Description Standard ↗
Microsoft provides cloud infrastructure to Synopsys
Provides infrastructure toCurrent
Microsoft named Synopsys its preferred partner for EDA in the cloud; Synopsys Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure infrastructure to deliver pay-per-use electronic design automation services to chip-design teams.

Source: 2022-03-30 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes a cloud-hosting and go-to-market partnership; does not disclose revenue share, contract length, or Azure capacity reserved for Synopsys Cloud.

Accelerate silicon design innovation on Azure with Synopsys Cloud ↗
Schneider Electric co-develops power distribution hardware with Microsoft
Co-develops withCurrent
Schneider Electric and Microsoft jointly designed a Universal Rack Power Distribution Unit (UPDU), presented at the 2017 OCP Summit, supporting multiple input power ratings so operators can deploy one PDU type at scale.

Source: 2017-03-13 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes one specific hardware co-design shown at OCP Summit 2017; does not establish an ongoing exclusive relationship or current-day product usage at Microsoft data centers.

OCP Summit: Schneider and Microsoft team up on a distributed PDU ↗
Microsoft offers cloud virtual machines using NVIDIA
Uses technology fromCurrent
Azure currently offers GPU-accelerated virtual machines equipped with NVIDIA GPUs.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-17

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Product documented

Limits: General current product documentation; no contract value or exclusivity inferred.

Azure ND-family GPU virtual machines ↗
ServiceNow expanded AI agent governance integration with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
ServiceNow announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft to deepen AI agent governance integration between the two companies' platforms.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active technology partnership

Limits: Confirms an announced partnership; does not disclose contract value or exclusivity.

ServiceNow expands AI agent governance through deeper integration with Microsoft ↗
Astera Labs supplying CXL smart memory controllers used in Azure M-series VMs Microsoft
SuppliesCurrent
Astera Labs' Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers are used in Microsoft Azure M-series virtual machines to expand usable memory capacity for memory-intensive cloud workloads.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Current, in-market Azure VM offering

Limits: Confirms Astera Labs' controllers are used in a specific Azure VM family; does not disclose deal value, purchase volume, or exclusivity.

Astera Labs' Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers on Microsoft Azure M-series Virtual Machines Overcome the Memory Wall ↗

Dated or announced (13)

GE Vernova supplies gas turbines for Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
Microsoft is purchasing GE Vernova gas turbines, including two large units, to power a natural gas plant supporting its Texas AI data center project (Project Kilby) developed jointly with Chevron.

Source: 2026-06-22 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Project and turbine order announced June 2026; plant not yet operating

Limits: Based on media reporting of a project announcement; does not establish contract value, delivery date, full turbine specification, or completion; third-party developer Chevron is also involved and is not a company on this map.

Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US ↗
SK hynix supplies HBM memory to Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
SK hynix is reported to be the sole HBM3E supplier for Microsoft's in-house Maia 200 AI chip, which is fabricated on TSMC's 3nm process, according to Korean trade-press sourcing.

Source: 2026-01-27 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Sourced to unnamed people familiar with the matter; neither SK hynix nor Microsoft has confirmed this on the record, and the 'sole supplier' characterization is reported, not stated by either company.

Microsoft Unveils Maia 200 AI Chip on TSMC 3nm; SK hynix Reportedly Sole HBM3E Supplier ↗
Microsoft invested in Anthropic
Invested inDated / announced
Microsoft is investing $5 billion in Anthropic as part of a joint strategic partnership announced alongside Nvidia (investing up to $10 billion) and Anthropic.

Source: 2025-11-18 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish Microsoft's resulting ownership percentage in Anthropic or that the full $5 billion has been disbursed.

Microsoft to invest $5B in Anthropic, as Claude maker commits $30B to Azure in new Nvidia alliance ↗
Microsoft provides computing capacity to Anthropic
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
As part of the Microsoft-Nvidia-Anthropic partnership, Anthropic committed to spend at least $30 billion on Microsoft Azure cloud compute.

Source: 2025-11-18 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish that the $30 billion has been spent, only committed; Anthropic also runs substantial workloads on AWS and Google Cloud.

Microsoft to invest $5B in Anthropic, as Claude maker commits $30B to Azure in new Nvidia alliance ↗
Lambda provides GPU cloud capacity to Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
Lambda and Microsoft announced a multibillion-dollar, multi-year agreement in November 2025 for Lambda to deploy tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, including GB300 NVL72 systems, as part of Microsoft's AI infrastructure.

Source: 2025-11-03 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced

Limits: This confirms the announced scope and hardware type; it does not disclose the specific dollar value of the contract or the current deployment status of the GPUs.

Lambda Announces Multibillion-Dollar Agreement With Microsoft to Deploy AI Infrastructure Powered by Tens of Thousands of NVIDIA GPUs ↗
Microsoft provides computing capacity to OpenAI
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
As part of OpenAI's for-profit restructuring, Microsoft holds a 27% stake in OpenAI Group PBC (about $135 billion) and OpenAI is contracted to purchase an incremental $250 billion of Microsoft's Azure cloud services, though Microsoft no longer holds right of first refusal on OpenAI's cloud compute.

Source: 2025-10-28 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish that the $250 billion has been spent, only contracted; OpenAI now also sources compute from AWS, Oracle, Google Cloud and CoreWeave.

OpenAI completes for-profit move, Microsoft given 27% stake and $250bn Azure contract but no longer has cloud right of first refusal ↗
Nebius sells dedicated AI cloud GPU capacity to Microsoft Microsoft
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
Nebius announced a multi-year, multibillion-dollar agreement (initially reported around $17.4 billion) to supply Microsoft with dedicated AI infrastructure capacity, announced September 8, 2025.

Source: 2025-09-08 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Signed agreement, capacity ramp underway

Limits: The announcement discloses the existence and headline value of the deal; it does not itemize delivered hardware specifications or Microsoft's actual usage of the capacity to date.

Nebius announces multi-billion dollar agreement with Microsoft for AI infrastructure ↗
Anduril took over Microsoft's US Army IVAS headset contract Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
The US Army approved a plan for Anduril to take over Microsoft's roughly $22 billion Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) augmented-reality headset contract, with reporting describing continued collaboration between the two companies on the transition.

Source: 2025-02-11 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Announced/in-progress contract transition (as of February 2025)

Limits: Describes a contract transition reported by trade press; does not establish the current 2026 status of the handover, final contract value actually paid, or the precise ongoing role Microsoft continues to play.

Anduril takes control of Microsoft's $22B VR military headset program ↗
CoreWeave provides computing capacity to Microsoft
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
CoreWeave signed a contract with Microsoft to use CoreWeave's data centers to run AI models, with Microsoft planning to spend approximately $10 billion on CoreWeave services by 2030.

Source: 2024-11-04 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish the contract's exclusivity or that the full $10 billion has been spent; the figure is a reported spending plan through the end of the decade, not confirmed directly by either company.

Microsoft to spend $10bn on CoreWeave by end of decade ↗
Constellation Energy agreed to supply power to Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
Constellation Energy signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 (renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center) and sell the power to Microsoft for its data centers.

Source: 2024-09-20 · reviewed 2026-09-17

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Contract announced

Limits: The restart was targeted for 2027-2028 at signing; this is a long-term supply contract, not evidence of power currently flowing.

Constellation to launch Crane Clean Energy Center, restoring carbon-free power to the grid ↗
BlackRock co-founded the AI Infrastructure Partnership with Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
BlackRock co-founded the AI Infrastructure Partnership with Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft and MGX, aiming to unlock $30B in private equity capital (up to $100B including debt financing) for AI data centers and power infrastructure.

Source: 2024-09-17 · reviewed 2026-09-21

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Founding partnership announced, September 2024

Limits: Figures are capital-mobilization targets, not amounts already deployed or contracted.

BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX Launch New AI Partnership ↗
Microsoft announced cloud arrangement for OpenAI
Partners withDated / announced
The Azure platform was to extend OpenAI capacity onto Oracle infrastructure.

Source: 2024-06-11 · reviewed 2026-09-17

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Contract announced

Limits: Not evidence of exclusivity or the current full cloud contract.

OpenAI selects Oracle capacity through Azure ↗
Eaton supplies grid-interactive UPS systems to Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
Microsoft agreed to use Eaton's grid-ready EnergyAware UPS systems, which can respond to utility control signals and share stored battery energy with the electricity grid during supply shortages, in key data center markets.

Source: 2022-06-16 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Does not name specific markets, deployment volumes, or confirm current operational status of the grid-interactive program; reported via trade press rather than a joint release.

Microsoft signs with Eaton for data center backup power that supports the grid ↗

Comparisons (4)

SpaceX competes with Microsoft
Competes withComparison only
Network World reported on July 7, 2026 that SpaceX's AI compute offering places it against established providers including Microsoft, which the article says still lead on enterprise support and ecosystem maturity.

Source: 2026-07-07 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Product/market overlap

Limits: An analyst framing rather than a statement by either company. It does not compare capacity, pricing or customers, and Microsoft separately hosts and sells SpaceXAI's Grok models on Azure.

SpaceXAI wants to compete on AI infrastructure, not just AI models ↗
CrowdStrike competes with Microsoft Defender Microsoft
Competes withComparison only
CrowdStrike's own website publishes a direct product comparison positioning its Falcon platform as a competitor to Microsoft Defender in endpoint security.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Ongoing market competition

Limits: Reflects CrowdStrike's own marketing comparison; does not establish relative market share or independently verified performance claims.

Compare the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform vs. Microsoft ↗
Amazon Web Services competes with Microsoft
Competes withComparison only
Amazon Bedrock and Microsoft Azure AI Foundry are both generative-AI cloud platforms offering foundation-model access, hosting and enterprise AI tooling, positioning AWS and Microsoft as direct competitors in cloud AI infrastructure.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Does not imply any commercial agreement, shared revenue, or relative market share; based on this research's comparison of each company's own product pages.

Amazon Bedrock ↗
Microsoft competes with Google (Alphabet subsidiary)
Competes withComparison only
Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Google Cloud's Vertex AI / TPU infrastructure, including the Ironwood TPU platform, are competing enterprise generative-AI and AI-infrastructure platforms.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Does not imply any commercial agreement between the companies or relative market share; based on this research's comparison of each company's own product announcements.

Ironwood TPUs and new Axion-based VMs for your AI workloads ↗
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Azure GPU virtual machines ↗
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