Microsoft's Sudden AI Dominance is Scrambling Silicon Valley's Power Structure
The company has quietly cornered the growing software market—and it's preparing to cash in.
Nadella's team hasn't disclosed pricing on the forthcoming Copilots, but they definitely won't be free. GitHub's version starts at $10 per user per month, and Copilots for Microsoft's office apps could be similarly priced, translating into as much as $48 billion in extra annual revenue within the next four years, according to Kirk Materne, an analyst with Evercore ISI. In a research note published on June 2, he estimated that Microsoft's revenue from OpenAI-powered features could hit $99 billion by 2027. That would be like adding three Netflixes to the top line of the world's second-most-valuable public company. In early trading on Thursday, Microsoft's share price was on course to close at an all-time high.
