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Microsoft's Billion Dollar AI Business

Tom Tunguz

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) & Microsoft Azure had strong quarters with about 28% annual revenue growth each. But the story in this quarter’s reports is AI. The total customer count for Azure’s OpenAI has grown dramatically. All of that usage is creating a massive business.

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The 4 Questions Startups Should Ask Themselves about Building with Generative AI

Tom Tunguz

There are 4 questions a startup should ask themselves about building a startup that uses generative AI. The narrative is : AI is a massive platform change that Goldman Sachs projects will increase GDP 300x more than the PC. There are 4 questions startups should ask themselves about building with generative AI.

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Snow Angels Come Early to Data : Snowflake's Strength Spells Success for Startups

Tom Tunguz

" As with many other companies reporting strength in the market, AI & unstructured data workloads are fueling growth. “I don’t even hear the words AI and budget in the same sentence.” “Yes, we actually saw quite a bit of energy coming from the Azure platform this quarter.

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Signs We've Touched the Bottom

Tom Tunguz

Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next. There are two forces in tension : overall cost reduction efforts by companies & the desire to invest in AI. The desire for AI is broad. The acceleration is really quite broad.

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Clouded Judgement 11.10.23 - OpenAI Updates + Datadog Gives the All-Clear?

Clouded Judgement

When I think about the monetization of AI (and which “layers” monetize first) I’ve always thought it would follow the below order, with each layer lagging the one that comes before it. Model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc as companies start building out AI). 2024 will be the year of AI applications!

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Clouded Judgement 7.28.23 - Optimization Cycles and Economy Update

Clouded Judgement

AI = Data + Compute I’ll continue beating this drum, but we got two great quotes from Azure and AWS this week. Satya at Microsoft said “Every AI app starts with data and having a comprehensive data and analytics platform is more important than ever.” Subscribe now Busy week! AWS reports next week.

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AI Food Fights in the Enterprise

Andreessen Horowitz

This conversation is part of our AI Revolution series, which features some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution. Ali: Enterprises move slow.

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