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I don't understand that bar chart. It shows something like 11bn in investments, and then there's an asterisk and it says "includes 10bn by Microsoft", raising the interesting question: Is the set of investors going nuts for ChatGPT really broad-based, or is it just a few institutional-level players who happen to be whales when it comes to tech investment?

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It means Microsoft is trying to buy AI before it goes mainstream

Microsoft bought Access, PowerPoint, Flight Simulator, Skype, GitHub, LinkedIn, etc

That’s part of the game…

>Microsoft bought Access, PowerPoint, Flight Simulator, Skype, GitHub, LinkedIn, etc

Don't forget Excel, and even the original MS-DOS. In fact it would be hard to name a single successful Microsoft product that wasn't an acquisition.

Given the typical failure rate of acquisitions, this is even more impressive.

Windows?

Excel was not an acquisition. Not sure where you got that from.

Xbox?

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