What Behind The Drop In Microsoft Stock ? - Microsoft ( NASDAQ : MSFT )

<p>Shares of Microsoft Corporation <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/MSFT">(NASDAQ:</a><a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/MSFT">MSFT</a>) are falling Friday as the company tries to reaffirm a strong partnership with OpenAI despite not being included in the AI company’s latest <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/prediction-markets/26/02/50938457/inside-sam-altmans-plan-to-benefit-from-the-hegseth-anthropic-feud">funding and partnerships announcement</a>.</p>
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<h2>OpenAI Announces New Funding Round Sans Microsoft</h2>
<p>OpenAI announced $110B in new investment at a $730B pre-money valuation. This includes $30B from SoftBank, $30B from NVIDIA, and $50B from Amazon. The company also signed a strategic partnership with Amazon and secured next generation inference compute with NVIDIA.</p>
<p>Microsoft, who was not mentioned in the press release, has a mutually beneficial arrangement with OpenAI that started in 2019. Microsoft released a statement Friday saying that its relationship with OpenAI, including revenue shares, IP agreements and Azure as the stateless cloud provider remains unchanged.</p>
<p>Even though Microsoft reaffirmed the relationship, shares still slid.</p>
<h2>Shares Down Slightly In Regular Trading</h2>
<p>MSFT Price Action: Microsoft shares were down 2.17% at $393.01 at the time of publication on Friday, according to <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/dashboard">Benzinga Pro data</a>.</p>
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