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▶ 6:51 · $OPENAI · Rishi Jaluria: OpenAI partnership powers Microsoft's first-party models but multimodality is the strategic endgame
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Inside Microsoft’s Impressive Azure Growth

2026-07-30 · 2 company · 4 thematic
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rishi jaluria

Rishi Jaluria covers software and cloud infrastructure stocks at RBC Capital Markets. He provides detailed financial modeling and competitive analysis on Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, including CapEx dynamics, AI monetization, and enterprise adoption trends.

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“To be to be, you know, fair, they still have obviously this very strong economic relationship with OpenAI, and that's what's powering a lot of their first party model development. But I think it is very much in Microsoft's interest and can…”
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