alt Hacker NewsAre you saying that Microsoft is more wealthy than all of “Europe”? And surely you must mean the EU.
The money needed to improve matrix is nothing compared to what is already being spent on Microsoft products.
Are you saying that Microsoft is more wealthy than all of “Europe”? And surely you must mean the EU.
The money needed to improve matrix is nothing compared to what is already being spent on Microsoft products.
> Are you saying that Microsoft is more wealthy than all of “Europe”?
"In 2024, the EU spent €403 billion on research and development" [1]. In 2024, Microsoft spend $29.5bn on R&D [2]. So about 20 Microsofts makes up the entire EU's R&D expenditure.
Alphabet, meanwhile, spent $49.3bn on R&D in 2024 [3]. It earned $350bn that year. So it would be correct to say that Microsoft and Alphabet's revenues, alone, rival the total amount Europe spends on research and development. (Non-EU non-British spending is insignificant.)
[1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
[2] https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar24/
[3] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204425...