Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella says a few companies should not be allowed to capture all of AI\u2019s value, and he is building a strategy to stop them.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal this week, Nadella took aim at the firms warning about lost jobs and safety risks while demanding vast resources to expand, a clear shot at OpenAI and Anthropic.<\/p>\n
“No amount of just narrative is going to do it because where we are now, we have to sort of walk the walk,” according to Nadella.<\/p>\n
The company is weighing whether to host a version of DeepSeek, the ultralow-cost Chinese model that OpenAI and Anthropic have accused of copying their systems, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n
That move may pull users toward the cheaper option and drag both U.S. labs into a prolonged price war.<\/p>\n
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Nadella\u2019s pitch is commoditization.<\/p>\n
He described AI as a knowledge engine that companies control, tapping a spectrum of models at different prices rather than leaning on a few frontier labs.<\/p>\n
Microsoft has trailed its rivals on homegrown models, and Copilot users increasingly preferred Google\u2019s Gemini in late 2025, according to Recon Analytics.<\/p>\n
Why It Threatens The IPO Story <\/p>\n
The timing may be brutal for Anthropic and OpenAI, as they both reportedly plan to IPO this year. The bull case for both companies rests on frontier AI staying a premium, high-margin product, the kind of growth story that carries a roadshow.<\/p>\n
On Polymarket, traders give Anthropic a 78% chance of going public before OpenAI, and the company raised $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation in late May on the assumption those margins hold.<\/p>\n
Cheap models from a deep-pocketed rival may be the fastest way to puncture them.<\/p>\n
Trending: Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your \u2018Safe\u2019 Holdings Could Be Costing You Big Time<\/a><\/p>\n Polymarket traders think there is a 36% chance that Anthropic will be valued at over $1.8 trillion. They give just an 11% chance that the company does not complete an IPO this year.<\/p>\n DeepSeek has just a 5% chance of having the best Chinese model by the end of July. Alibaba is in 1st, with 36%.<\/p>\n The Clearest Equity Play <\/p>\n Microsoft is in an awkward spot. It has poured billions into OpenAI as one of its oldest backers and struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Anthropic last year, so a price war would bleed its own investments.<\/p>\n That hands the advantage to Google parent Alphabet Inc.. 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