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Clouded Judgement 4.26.24 - Azure Gives Positive Infra Software Preview

Clouded Judgement

Subscribe now Azure Report - Cloud Infra Looks Good! For software, all eyes were on Azure - which grew 31% YoY (ahead of expectations closer to 29%). Azure doesn’t disclose exact Azure quarterly revenue (they disclose growth rate in absolute terms and in constant currency), but there are good estimations.

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The Capex Conquest in the Cloud

Tom Tunguz

Aside from the overall growth of these clouds increasing, the massive investment in CapEx data centers, power plants, and GPUs is stunning. Google and Microsoft would wait another two years to replicate a similar level of investment. Google and Microsoft would wait another two years to replicate a similar level of investment.

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Shopify Says eCommerce is Back. But AWS Says Cloud Under More Scrutiny.

SaaStr

I’ve also seen this in the leaders in eComm I’ve invested in, like Gorgias. Second, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud all grew nicely, and are still growing like a weed — but the growth rate slowed. AWS and Microsoft Azure all reported more customers scrutinizing spend and working to manage their bills more carefully.

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Cloud Stocks May Be Down. But the Cloud Remains on Fire. That Matters More.

SaaStr

So follow AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. And it is stressful, especially if you invested at those peaks or as founders raised money at relatively high valuations and multiples. Let’s look a whole level up to the real canaries-in-the-coalmine: AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. If they stumble, we’re in for a rough patch.

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Founders Today Just Need to Assume the Next Round Never Comes

SaaStr

My summary of Venture Markets in Nov 2022: Series B and later even worse than looks in data: 85%+ of investing here has simply ceased. And while AWS’s growth is down a bit, it’s still at epic levels, Azure isn’t even really down, and Google Cloud is growing faster than ever.

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Signs We've Touched the Bottom

Tom Tunguz

Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next. There are two forces in tension : overall cost reduction efforts by companies & the desire to invest in AI. The desire for AI is broad. The acceleration is really quite broad.

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When 1% Market Share Shifts Represent $5b of Market Cap

Tom Tunguz

Microsoft’s Azure is winning share directly from Amazon. “The number of $100 million-plus Azure deals increased over 80% year-over-year, while the number of $10 million-plus deals more than doubled. " The rest of Azure is still growing in a nice clip of 24% annually. “We now have 1.8 “We now have 1.8

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