Meta Platforms & Microsoft
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Meta Platforms competes with Microsoft in the broader technology sector, particularly in the rapid development and deployment of artificial intelligence.
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms tumbled 8.7% despite better-than-expected profits, as investors focused on increased spending forecasts for AI infrastructure.
Microsoft: Microsoft fell 3.9% after raising its forecast for investments and capital spending, similar to Meta Platforms.
May 01, 2026 · 6 articles
Domestic
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms was one of the tech firms in which Donald Trump unloaded holdings worth between $5 million and $25 million.
Microsoft: Microsoft was a company in which Donald Trump made significant purchases and later sold holdings worth between $5 million and $25 million.
May 15, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms' stock price plunged after disclosing an investment strategy being second-guessed by investors and warning of potential losses from a global backlash surrounding children's safety on social media, despite beating quarterly revenue expectations.
Microsoft: Microsoft's shares dipped despite topping analyst forecasts for Q1, as its cloud growth at 40% was outpaced by Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud. The company expects significant capital outlay for calendar 2026, driven by AI investments.
Apr 29, 2026 · 53 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms was reportedly targeting layoffs around May 20, further illustrating the ongoing trend of job cuts across major technology companies.
Microsoft: Microsoft, as the parent company of LinkedIn, is overseeing the layoffs as part of a broader strategy to protect margins and fund AI investments. Microsoft itself has also implemented several waves of job cuts in the past year.
May 13, 2026 · 23 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is among the companies hiring professionals who completed ERC's AI specialization programs, indicating its demand for AI-fluent talent.
Microsoft: Microsoft is among the companies hiring professionals who completed ERC's AI specialization programs, indicating its demand for AI-fluent talent.
May 14, 2026 · 6 articles
Regulatory
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms, another platform owned by Meta Platforms, is under scrutiny by the European Union for similar issues as Meta Platforms — Instagram, including failing to prevent minors under 13 from accessing its services.
Microsoft: Microsoft's LinkedIn has been investigated by the Irish regulator for potential breaches of EU online content rules, indicating a broader regulatory trend affecting multiple tech companies.
Apr 29, 2026 · 31 articles
Regulatory
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms, which holds a 49% stake in Scale AI, indirectly strengthens its position in the military AI ecosystem through Scale AI's expanded contract with the United States — United States Department of Defense.
Microsoft: Microsoft Corp. was mentioned as one of the companies with which the United States — United States Department of Defense finalized deals to broaden the use of advanced AI technologies across classified military networks.
May 06, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is increasing its AI investments, likely contributing to the demand for Nvidia's chips.
Microsoft: Microsoft was also surpassed by Nvidia in market valuation, though it remains the second-largest U.S. company. It is a significant customer of Nvidia's chips for its AI models and cloud services, and is expected to cross the $4 trillion threshold soon.
Jul 09, 2025 · 28 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms' augmented reality glasses have gained traction, intensifying competition for Apple Inc. in new hardware.
Microsoft: Microsoft is mentioned as a software rival spending heavily on artificial intelligence, contrasting with Apple Inc.'s more pragmatic approach under John Ternus.
Apr 20, 2026 · 108 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is mentioned as a tech company that planned to cut 10% of its workforce due to heavy spending on AI development.
Microsoft: Microsoft offered early retirement to thousands of employees amid major AI investments, indicating a broader trend of AI-driven workforce adjustments.
May 05, 2026 · 64 articles
Regulatory
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is also designated as a 'gatekeeper' and is contesting its designation for Messenger and Marketplace, highlighting a broader industry challenge to the Digital Markets Act.
Microsoft: Microsoft is designated as a 'gatekeeper' under the Digital Markets Act, demonstrating the extensive application of the EU's new regulations.
May 12, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook (now Meta Platforms), is mentioned as running a profit-driven company, contrasting with the initial vision for OpenAI.
Microsoft: Microsoft is a defendant in the lawsuit, accused of aiding and abetting the breach of charitable trust through its significant investments in OpenAI. Microsoft has maintained that it has been a responsible partner.
Apr 24, 2026 · 174 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is reportedly in talks to spend billions of dollars on Alphabet Inc.'s AI chips for its data centers, indicating rising demand for Alphabet Inc.'s hardware.
Microsoft: Microsoft is mentioned as one of the few companies that have previously crossed the $4 trillion market capitalization threshold, alongside Alphabet Inc.
Jan 12, 2026 · 7 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is mentioned as a tech giant that has invested in AI products, underscoring the pressure on Apple Inc. to enhance its AI capabilities.
Microsoft: Microsoft is mentioned as a competitor in the AI market, against whom the Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. partnership is seen as a strategic alliance.
Jan 12, 2026 · 12 articles
International
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms was a sponsor or had employees participating in RightsCon, which was canceled.
Microsoft: Microsoft was a sponsor or had employees participating in RightsCon, which was canceled.
May 01, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is a technology company whose stocks are now available for perpetual contracts trading on Bybit.
Microsoft: Microsoft is a technology company whose stocks are now available for perpetual contracts trading on Bybit.
May 08, 2026 · 6 articles
Domestic
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is mentioned as one of the top tech giants that have anchored their future in India — Hyderabad, indicating the city's attractiveness for global companies.
Microsoft: Microsoft is mentioned as one of the top tech giants that have anchored their future in India — Hyderabad, indicating the city's attractiveness for global companies.
May 07, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is briefly mentioned as a large technology company that has announced workforce reductions or buyouts while increasing spending on AI infrastructure and automation.
Microsoft: Microsoft is briefly mentioned as a large technology company that has announced workforce reductions or buyouts while increasing spending on AI infrastructure and automation.
May 07, 2026 · 21 articles
International
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms posted forecast-busting earnings, contributing to the positive sentiment in the AI trade, which is a separate market trend from the US-Iran conflict.
Microsoft: Microsoft posted forecast-busting earnings, contributing to the positive sentiment in the AI trade, which is a separate market trend from the US-Iran conflict.
Apr 08, 2026 · 307 articles
Business
Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms is mentioned as one of the companies whose AI agents Amazon (company) has taken steps to prevent from crawling its website.
Microsoft: Microsoft is mentioned in a headline about its hiring plans related to AI, but this is unrelated to the core dispute between Amazon (company) and Perplexity AI.
Nov 04, 2025 · 6 articles
Regulatory
Microsoft: Microsoft's Bing search engine is currently used by ChatGPT for real-time information. Microsoft is also cited by Alphabet Inc. as a competitor in the generative AI space.
Apr 22, 2025 · 11 articles
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