You Own Microsoft: $134 Billion Profit, and You Still Have to Fire People

Imagine you own Microsoft. Last year your company made more profit than any software company in history — $133.7 billion. The same year, you laid off thousands of people. The same year, you spent $115.9 billion building data centers for a technology you do not fully control, licensed from a partner you do not fully own, that could turn into your biggest competitor the moment it succeeds. Welcome to the strangest balance sheet in the world. #microsoft #bigtech #ai #azure #openai #satyanadella #business #entrepreneur #cloudcomputing #copilot #investing #businessowner #tech2026 This video is an educational documentary about business economics. It is not financial, legal or investment advice. Figures are illustrative ranges and will vary by market, location and time. The narration in this video is voiced with a synthetic (AI) voice. The script and the images were made by the channel, not generated. This video contains AI-generated or synthetically altered content.