I think it's the opposite thinking at Microsoft: they see here an opportunity to change their reputation as "the forgotten FAANG", not even in the acronym because it doesn't pay as well as the SV companies.
Ok that’s just forcing it.
Investopedia seems to claim the same: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/faang-stocks.asp
I go for the stock price because those RSUs are my retirement plan.
Just hired a man, put the idea inside his head
Pulled the trigger, now his career's dead.
MAAMA! Funding had just begun,
but now my crypto has gone and blown it all away.