Earlier in the week, Microsoft shares its latest financial numbers covering its FY23 Q2 period ending on December 31, 2023. Although it posted a revenue of $52.7 billion - which is a growth of 2% compared to the same quarter last year - with strong figures in the cloud and its enterprise products, it faced significant declines across consumer categories like Windows, Xbox, and Surface. Windows OEM and Commercial revenue was down by 39% and 3% respectively, Xbox content and services shrunk by 12%, and Surface devices revenue fell 39%. Microsoft cited multiple macroeconomic and execution challenges for these declines and hinted at similar results in its ongoing quarter too. Its consumer categories are expected to shrink even further with revenue to decline a bit to $50.5-51.5 billion. Despite these challenges, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlighted the company's strength in AI. This was further underlined by an announcement extending the partnership agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Although Microsoft didn't go into specifics, its latest investment is said to be around $10 billion with a return benefit being that OpenAI models will be deployed soon in various enterprise and consumer products.