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Predicting Cloud Growth Rates for 2023

Tom Tunguz

Yesterday, Google & Amazon announced earnings which completes the picture. A year ago, AWS, GCP, & Azure averaged 44% annual growth. Google: [GCP] saw slower growth of consumption as customers optimized GCP costs. Google: [We] are pushing Google Cloud to Profitability.

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How Much Should You Expect Your Startup to Slow in 2022?

Tom Tunguz

GCP reported 37% growth & Microsoft 40%. With about 39% market share, AWS reigns supreme as the largest provider. Larger businesses face more daunting challenges sustaining higher growth rates, so AWS numbers are expected. Q/Q Growth Rate Change. All three businesses reported a decline in their growth rates.

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

Tom Tunguz

“Yes, we actually saw quite a bit of energy coming from the Azure platform this quarter. And as a result, our salespeople are really not inclined to do much in GCP.” Microsoft will launch their Databricks competitor called Fabric soon.

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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. The total customer count for Azure’s OpenAI has grown dramatically. In Azure, we expect revenue growth to be 26% to 27% in constant currency, including roughly 1 point from AI services.

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The Health of Cloud Spending in Mid-2022

Tom Tunguz

Today, Microsoft & Google revealed the health of their infrastructure business units. Microsoft Azure. Google Cloud Platform. Microsoft Azure grew 40% y/y, tying the fastest quarterly growth rate in the past 5 quarters. GCP’s data point is less rosy. Amazon Web Services. Good news & bad news.

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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. Microsoft’s Azure Open AI customer base grew 4x by count, up from 2500 last quarter : We have great momentum across Azure OpenAI Service. The desire for AI is broad.

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Grey Skies in Cloud Earnings

Tom Tunguz

This week Microsoft, Google/ Alphabet, & Amazon reported their third quarter figures. Microsoft Azure. Google Cloud Platform. GCP is more volatile, likely driven by the volatility of bigger deals closing on a smaller revenue base. Meanwhile, Azure has declined in a more steady cadence.

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