Microsoft
Largest cloud partner of OpenAI and a major buyer of AI accelerators.
Role in each timeline
- IEEPA Tariff Refunds: From the Supreme Court Ruling to the Console Lawsuits
Faces a proposed Xbox consumer class action alleging a tariff-refund double recovery and has sought dismissal.
- Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026
Carried out several large rounds from May 2025 through July 2026, with management layers and Xbox among the affected areas while it increased AI infrastructure spending.
- Nvidia Data Center GPUs: Hopper, Blackwell and Vera Rubin
Customer reportedly told of a possible Blackwell delay and one of the cloud providers NVIDIA named for early Vera Rubin-based instances.
- Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face
Investor in OpenAI's financing round and previously announced investor in Anthropic.
- Intel Foundry and 18A: From IDM 2.0 to a Government-Owned Stake
Selected a chip design to be manufactured on Intel 18A, providing an early named external foundry customer commitment.
- AMD Instinct: From MI300X to Helios and the Gigawatt Deals
Made MI300X Azure instances available, reported production model use on Azure, and committed to ramp Helios at scale.
Entries that mention Microsoft
- Sony and Microsoft ask courts to dismiss the console refund suits: buyers got what they paid for Legalon IEEPA Tariff Refunds: From the Supreme Court Ruling to the Console Lawsuits
- MI400 series launched at Advancing AI 2026; Helios customers named Launchon AMD Instinct: From MI300X to Helios and the Gigawatt Deals
- Microsoft commits to ramp Helios at scale on Azure Announcementon AMD Instinct: From MI300X to Helios and the Gigawatt Deals
- Microsoft: 4,800 jobs, 2.1% of staff, with Xbox losing a fifth of its people Announcementon Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026
- Consumer sues Microsoft over Xbox tariff charges and refunds Legalon IEEPA Tariff Refunds: From the Supreme Court Ruling to the Console Lawsuits
- NVIDIA unveils the six-chip Rubin platform Financialon Nvidia Data Center GPUs: Hopper, Blackwell and Vera Rubin
- Anthropic says Series G includes Nvidia investment Financialon Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face
- Up to $10 billion into Anthropic alongside Microsoft, at a valuation near $350 billion Announcementon Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face
- Microsoft: another 9,000, its third round of the year, including Xbox studios Announcementon Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026
- Microsoft says MI300X powers production models on Azure Announcementon AMD Instinct: From MI300X to Helios and the Gigawatt Deals
- Microsoft: about 6,000 jobs, 3% of the company, aimed at management layers Announcementon Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026
- Blackwell shipments reported delayed to early 2025; Nvidia says production is on track Reporton Nvidia Data Center GPUs: Hopper, Blackwell and Vera Rubin
- Azure ND MI300X V5 instances become generally available Launchon AMD Instinct: From MI300X to Helios and the Gigawatt Deals
- Intel Foundry launched as a systems foundry; Intel 14A unveiled; Microsoft commits a design to 18A Announcementon Intel Foundry and 18A: From IDM 2.0 to a Government-Owned Stake
- MI300X and MI300A launched; Microsoft Azure, Oracle and the major OEMs line up Launchon AMD Instinct: From MI300X to Helios and the Gigawatt Deals