Microsoft ($MSFT) is making strategic acquisitions and acquihires, such as with Inflection, to diversify and potentially avoid anti-trust scrutiny. This approach allows Microsoft to expand its reach in AI while navigating regulatory concerns and competition issues.
Was Microsoft “deal” with Inflection just a clever way to work around the regulators?
$MSFT Microsoft knows a thing or two about antitrust investigations and it's because of deal structures like the one with Inflection that it doesn't find itself in the regulatory crosshairs nearly as much as its mega-cap peers https://t.co/HLS3quxJdL
To be clear... - MSFT is diversifying from OpenAI to avoid anti-trust scrutiny - MSFT acquihires Inflection but doesn't call it an "acquisition" to avoid anti-trust scrutiny! Game, set, and match - MSFT Big tech always wins when there is a fight between big tech and big…