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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by aurareturn on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:00AM (#47060116)
Acquisition rate, retention rate, revenue, profit margin?
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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by alternatex on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @11:23AM (#47062696)
By those metrics, Microsoft lost 20% of it's value due to hopping on the AI coding assistance train.

I'm not saying it is the case, just making it apparent how unreliable it is to measure productivity by comparing what's happening at the lowest level in a company to its financials.

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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by aurareturn on Thursday February 19, 2026 @01:25AM (#47070540)
Microsoft is mostly a SaaS company. Many SaaS businesses have lost much more in market cap since due to AI disruption.

Imagine if Microsoft didn't invest in AI? Maybe they'd be down 50% now.

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