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Alphabet Inc. & Microsoft — Microsoft Azure

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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet, through Alphabet Inc., is a major competitor in India's cloud and AI market, investing heavily in data centers but facing environmental opposition.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure is the core cloud platform being expanded, with double-digit growth in India. The new region is expected to accelerate Microsoft — Microsoft Azure adoption and revenue.
Aug 06, 2026 · 28 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc. is mentioned as a company with which Meta Platforms has computing deals, indicating Meta's strategy of both building and acquiring AI infrastructure.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure, a cloud service from Microsoft, will face increased competition from Meta Platforms' new cloud business, which aims to offer similar AI computing and model access services.
Apr 20, 2026 · 42 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc.'s Gemini is mentioned as a rival product to Microsoft's Microsoft, gaining market share due to Microsoft's issues.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, experienced slowing growth and had CPU/GPU capacity diverted from it to support Microsoft, impacting its profitability.
Jun 14, 2026 · 303 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Berkshire's increased stake and $10 billion investment signal confidence in Alphabet's AI prospects, potentially boosting its stock. Alphabet's $80 billion AI infrastructure plan is a key growth driver.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure is a competitor to Alphabet Inc. — Google Cloud Platform, and the investment may intensify competition in cloud services.
Jul 08, 2026 · 33 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc.'s Gemini is mentioned as a competitor that gained market share from Microsoft's Copilot, benefiting from Microsoft's AI struggles.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, experienced slowed growth due to diverted capacity to Copilot, leading to investor concerns and contributing to the stock drop and litigation.
Jul 14, 2026 · 98 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc.>>> is raising $80 billion in equity to fund its AI infrastructure expansion, addressing strong demand for its AI solutions that currently exceeds its available supply. This move is expected to significantly increase its capital expenditures.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: The Coca-Cola Company committed $1.1 billion to Microsoft — Microsoft Azure for cloud services, utilizing Azure OpenAI Service and Copilot to enhance marketing, supply chains, and productivity.
May 23, 2026 · 103 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet is a competitor in custom AI chips, with Google's Tensor Processing Units gaining revenue recognition. The Maia 300 launch intensifies competition in the custom silicon space.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform where Maia chips are being integrated, with Microsoft — Microsoft Azure and Other Cloud Services growing 43% in Q4 FY2026. The Maia 300 could enhance Microsoft — Microsoft Azure's AI offerings.
Aug 10, 2026 · 20 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc. has signed agreements with Anthropic for five gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity, indicating its role in providing computing infrastructure for Anthropic's AI development.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure is one of the three largest cloud platforms where Anthropic's Claude AI model is available, expanding its reach to enterprise clients.
May 28, 2026 · 88 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc. is mentioned as a competitor pursuing similar agent-first interfaces in its search products, highlighting the broader industry trend that Project Solara is part of.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure serves as the cloud backbone for Project Solara, where agent state lives and intelligence is supplied, indicating its crucial role in the platform's functionality.
Jun 02, 2026 · 6 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc. already sells compute to Anthropic and competes with Meta in AI; the deal could shift dynamics.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Azure could face competition from Meta's cloud plans, but the impact is minimal at this stage.
Jul 17, 2026 · 30 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc. is mentioned as a provider of Alphabet Inc. Drive, a SaaS environment covered by the product. This is a minor reference.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Azure is mentioned as a supported cloud environment. The integration is a technical detail that broadens Netskope's coverage.
Aug 04, 2026 · 6 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc.'s Gemini is mentioned as an example of chatbots that agentic computing is expected to largely replace, indicating a shift in the AI landscape.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure is adopting Nvidia Confidential Computing, which will strengthen its secure cloud AI services for customers handling proprietary and regulated data.
May 31, 2026 · 28 articles
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Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc. is a partner and client, potentially using Glob.AI services, reinforcing its AI ecosystem.
Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Azure provides cloud and AI services for Glob.AI, benefiting from increased enterprise AI workloads.
Aug 06, 2026 · 6 articles
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Feb 04, 2026 · 8 articles
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Apr 03, 2026 · 18 articles
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May 12, 2026 · 7 articles
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May 12, 2026 · 13 articles
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Apr 29, 2026 · 53 articles
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May 05, 2026 · 6 articles
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Apr 27, 2026 · 16 articles
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May 19, 2026 · 8 articles
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Apr 24, 2026 · 528 articles
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May 18, 2026 · 63 articles
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Microsoft — Microsoft Azure: Microsoft — Microsoft Azure, Microsoft's cloud service, was intended to be the sole infrastructure for Microsoft — GitHub by 2027. However, the overwhelming AI-driven demand has necessitated Microsoft — GitHub's adoption of a multi-cloud strategy, including using Amazon — Amazon Web Services, indicating that Microsoft — Microsoft Azure alone cannot currently meet the platform's needs.
Jun 16, 2026 · 6 articles
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