{"id":3575,"date":"2026-04-17T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/3575\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:34:08","slug":"stellantis-turns-to-microsoft-ai-deal-in-turnaround-push-but-stla-stock-lags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/3575\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellantis Turns to Microsoft AI Deal in Turnaround Push, But STLA Stock Lags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

European-American automaker Stellantis (STLA), which is plotting a turnaround<\/a> of its business, has secured a five-year artificial intelligence<\/a> deal with tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) \u201cto enhance customer experiences.\u201d However, the news failed to cheer investors, with the auto giant\u2019s shares trading flat on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Microsoft and Stellantis on Thursday said they were expanding their long-standing relationship and plan to jointly develop more than 100 AI initiatives across sales, customer care, and operations. Both companies are aiming to work together to develop advanced AI, cybersecurity, and engineering capabilities.<\/p>\n

The partnership comes as Stellantis slipped from profit to loss<\/a> in 2025 after taking a \u20ac22 billion ($26 billion) charge<\/a> to scale down its electric vehicle<\/a> production efforts. The company had said it overestimated the pace of the energy transition and was out of touch with \u201cmany car buyers\u2019 real-world needs, means, and desires.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the deal, Stellantis will contribute its engineering expertise while Microsoft will bring its cloud, AI, and security platforms to the table. Stellantis plans to deploy and operate an AI-driven global cyberdefense center to help secure the digital vehicle experience.<\/p>\n

This partnership will deliver \u201creal value for millions of drivers worldwide,\u201d said Judson Althoff, the chief executive for Microsoft\u2019s commercial business.<\/p>\n

Still under the arrangement, Stellantis plans to modernize its infrastructure by moving it to Microsoft\u2019s Azure cloud service, aiming to reduce its data center operations by 60% by 2029. The automaker is also equipping its employees with Microsoft 365 Copilot and has already launched an initial 20,000 licenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cStellantis and Microsoft will continue to advance this collaboration over the coming years by working side\u2011by\u2011side and engaging Microsoft\u2011certified partners where specialized expertise is required,\u201d the companies said in a statement.<\/p>\n

On Wall Street,\u00a0Stellantis\u2019 shares<\/a>\u00a0currently carry a Hold consensus rating from analysts. This is based on five Buys, 10 Holds, and one Sell assigned over the past three months.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0the average STLA price target<\/a>\u00a0of $9.06 suggests about 10% upside from current trading levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European-American automaker Stellantis (STLA), which is plotting a turnaround of its business, has secured a five-year artificial intelligence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[3546,2948,2947,103,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-3575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stellantis","8":"tag-customer-experiences","9":"tag-microsoft","10":"tag-microsoft-365","11":"tag-stellantis","12":"tag-stla"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}