Last month, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-on-track-to-become-the-second-usd4-trillion-company-by-market-cap-following-nvidia-and-mass-layoffs” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-on-track-to-become-the-second-usd4-trillion-company-by-market-cap-following-nvidia-and-mass-layoffs”>Microsoft reached a market capitalization of $4 trillion predominantly due to its multibillion-dollar investment in data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence”>generative AI. Part of the tech giant’s success can also be attributed to co-founder and billionaire data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/bill-gates-says-i-thought-i-was-one-mistake-away-from-death-microsofts-success-and-his-billionaire-status-didnt-really-arrive-until-the-late-90s” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/bill-gates-says-i-thought-i-was-one-mistake-away-from-death-microsofts-success-and-his-billionaire-status-didnt-really-arrive-until-the-late-90s”>Bill Gates’ efforts in software development. While the company has greatly benefitted from its software development efforts, Microsoft CEO data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-software-factory-bill-gates-envisioned-satya-nadella-needs-ai-blueprint” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-software-factory-bill-gates-envisioned-satya-nadella-needs-ai-blueprint”>Satya Nadella recently highlighted his plans to move on beyond this strategy:
“When Bill founded Microsoft, he envisioned not just a…

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