Microsoft Deals

Nvidia and more than 30 technology and cybersecurity players formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to jointly develop open models, tools and frameworks for AI security in response to rising concerns after the OpenAI and Hugging Face incident.

Partnership to make Johannesburg the first Azure ExpressRoute Metro location in Africa, delivered via Cassava’s Africa Data Centres and Liquid C2 units.

Microsoft and Mayo Clinic agreed to co-develop a frontier healthcare AI model using Mayo’s de‑identified clinical data and Microsoft’s AI and cloud infrastructure, with Mayo retaining model ownership and Microsoft distributing via Azure Foundry.

Parloa is formalising strategic integrations and an undisclosed strategic investment with SAP, Microsoft, OpenAI and others to distribute its AI agent management platform across enterprise customer-service stacks.

Microsoft commits 1.6 trillion yen (~$10 billion) to expand AI data centres, cyber defence partnerships and workforce training in Japan through 2029.

Microsoft will invest $10B over 2026–2029 to expand Japan-based AI compute, collaborate on cybersecurity with the Japanese government and train 1M local engineers.

Microsoft will invest 1.6 trillion yen from 2026 to 2029 to expand AI data centers, train 1 million workers, and bolster cybersecurity collaboration with the Japanese government.

Microsoft will invest $10 billion between 2026 and 2029 to expand sovereign AI data centers, cybersecurity collaboration and AI workforce training in Japan in partnership with domestic tech firms.

Microsoft plans to spend $5.5 billion on cloud and AI infrastructure and operations in Singapore from 2025 through 2029, alongside large‑scale AI skills programs for students, educators and nonprofits.

OpenAI raised $122 billion in committed capital at an $852 billion valuation from a global syndicate led by Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank and major financial investors to fund compute, data centers and an AI superapp strategy.

Reported plan for Nvidia to invest about $20 billion in OpenAI as part of a much larger multi‑investor funding round.

Planned $25 billion mega-round led by a consortium including Sequoia, GIC and Coatue, valuing Anthropic at roughly $350 billion and consolidating capital around a handful of frontier AI labs.

Major AI and cloud companies signed or expanded paid licensing agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation to use Wikipedia content for AI training and products.

TCL is integrating Microsoft’s Azure Speech, Azure OpenAI and Copilot capabilities into a new generation of smart TVs, devices and home appliances launching across regions in 2026.

Microsoft will invest $17.5 billion between 2026 and 2029 to build AI-ready cloud infrastructure, data centers and workforce skilling programs across India.

Microsoft will invest US$17.5 billion over four years to expand AI and cloud infrastructure, sovereign cloud solutions and AI skilling programs across India.

Microsoft is committing $17.5 billion to build out AI-ready cloud infrastructure, sovereign cloud solutions and large-scale skilling initiatives in India.

Microsoft pledged $23 billion in new AI investments, led by a $17.5 billion India program and a $5.4 billion Canada program to build data centers, hyperscale cloud and AI skills.

Microsoft adds Grok 3 to Azure AI Foundry platform

Microsoft onboards DeepSeek to Azure AI platform

Microsoft hires Inflection AI team and licenses technology

Research collaboration on AI agents

Microsoft invests $13B in OpenAI for Azure compute partnership and exclusive cloud provider rights

Exclusive Azure cloud partnership for Stable Diffusion

Atos and Microsoft are deepening their strategic alliance to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot, E7 and Agent 365 across Atos’ global workforce and client projects under a unified agent governance model.

The US Department of Defense announced agreements with seven major AI and cloud firms to deploy AI tools across military networks as part of an 'AI-first fighting force' strategy.

Non‑exclusive partnership for Microsoft, Google and xAI to provide early access versions of frontier AI models to the US Commerce Department’s CAISI for national‑security review and capability testing.

The U.S. Department of Defense signed classified-use agreements with seven leading AI providers to deploy their models on top-secret military networks, while excluding Anthropic over ongoing policy disputes.

Microsoft will invest 1.6 trillion yen from 2026 to 2029 to expand AI data centers, train 1 million workers, and bolster cybersecurity collaboration with the Japanese government.

Strategic partnership to distribute Llama models on Azure AI

Multi-year supply agreement for H100 and GB200 chips for Azure AI