Meta, Nvidia, and other tech giants react to DeepSeek's competitive, cost-efficient models that challenge established market players.
Artificial intelligence was the focus when tech giants Microsoft and Meta kicked off the first round of Big Tech earnings of 2025. Here's what we learned.
The Microsoft CEO will have to perform a delicate balancing act over the next four years to keep his company from becoming a target.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, seemed to downplay the threat posed by DeepSeek, saying that the industry is constantly changing and DeepSeek’s announcement is simply a part of that ebb and flow.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently commented on DeepSeek's ultra-cost-effective AI and compared it to the Jevons paradox economic concept. The executive claims AI will skyrocket, and developments out of China shouldn't be ignored.
A new game of ‘my data center is bigger than yours’ started this week with the announcement of OpenAI’s Project Stargate.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said the spending was needed to overcome the capacity constraints that hampered the tech giant's ability to capitalize on AI.
DeepSeek will not derail Microsoft and Meta spending a combined $US145bn ($232.3bn) on artificial intelligence this year, with Mark Zuckerberg steaming ahead with plans to build a data centre almost the size of Manhattan.
Both Meta and Microsoft committed to huge investments in artificial intelligence, despite new Chinese software outperforming American rivals at a lower cost.
The Microsoft CEO cited Jevons paradox, which stipulates increased efficiency in production drives increased demand.
Shares of AI infrastructure providing companies climbed on Thursday after positive commentary from Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on capital expenditure related to the technology.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek burst on the scene this week with its latest AI model, which the startup claims performs as well as leading AI from OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic — but at a far lower cost to develop.