Investors were looking to Microsoft and Meta to provide reassurance that they will keep spending heavily on Nvidia chips.

Key tech stocks were a mixed bag in early trading Thursday after executives at Meta and Microsoft said they plan to keep pouring billions of dollars into AI – despite lingering anxiety over the

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said the spending was needed to overcome the capacity constraints that hampered the tech giant's ability to capitalize on AI.

Meta Platforms reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped analysts' estimates as revenue grew more than 20% year-over-year.

Meta reported record quarterly revenue and net profit for Q4 2024 as it looks to massively boost spending on AI in 2025.

Meta is now spending tens of billions on AI, and there is a war going on between the Big Caps on who can pour the most money into AI. DeepSeek also didn’t hurt Meta as much, and the recent full-year 2024 earnings report has sent the stock soaring. Let’s look into why and what has been happening.

Meta's earnings call is today at 5 pm ET. META stock heads into the report up 15% YTD. Analysts are focused on AI monetization efforts and DeepSeek.

Meta AI will curate responses based on the information you've supplied across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, but you can delete that data.

The Windows maker missed market estimates for quarterly revenue growth at Azure and gave a third-quarter forecast for the business that was below expectations

Meta Platforms and most other U.S. stocks are rising Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies, but drops for Nvidia and Microsoft are keeping the market in check.

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