- Strong Start to FY25: Driven by Microsoft Cloud and AI, Microsoft delivered double-digit revenue and EPS growth, with continued share gains across businesses.
- AI Momentum: Microsoft's AI business is on track to exceed $10 billion annual revenue run rate in Q2 FY25, making it the fastest business in company history to reach this milestone. This is driven by strong inference demand and successful product innovation like Copilot and Azure AI services.
- Supply Constraints: While customer demand for AI solutions is robust, Microsoft faces external supply constraints for GPUs and other components needed to build AI infrastructure, impacting Azure growth in Q2.
- OpenAI Partnership: Microsoft reaffirms the mutually beneficial nature of its partnership with OpenAI, emphasizing the value creation and revenue momentum generated by the collaboration. Microsoft will continue to invest in OpenAI and its infrastructure needs.
- Future Outlook: Microsoft anticipates continued strong growth in commercial bookings and cloud demand. CapEx investments are expected to continue at an elevated level, driven by AI infrastructure needs. However, the pace of CapEx growth is projected to moderate as revenue growth catches up.
