earnings analysis

Microsoft's latest earnings cycle forced an unvarnished conversation about the cost of leading an AI-driven future: strong top-line performance and accelerating Copilot adoption collided with unprecedented capital spending, and investors demanded clarity on when—or whether—that spending will...

Meta’s latest quarter delivered a clear, market-moving message: an ad-first AI playbook can produce fast, visible returns while the cloud‑centric, capex‑heavy route to AI scale still forces investors to be patient. Meta posted a blowout December quarter and set aggressive 2026 infrastructure...