What Bill Gates Thinks About Microsoft & OpenAI’s Alliance

Plus: Google gets the US government’s green light to acquire Wiz for $32B

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Hafizur Rahman
November 05, 2025

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  • What Bill Gates Thinks About Microsoft & OpenAI’s Alliance

  • Google gets the US government’s green light to acquire Wiz for $32B

  • US Stock Market today: Wall Street gains as more firms report results, McDonald’s jumps 3% and More

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Google gets the US government’s green light to acquire Wiz for $32B

Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, is making its largest acquisition. It plans to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for around $32 billion. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust unit has passed the deal's initial review. This marks a key regulatory milestone.

Key Points:

  • Wiz focuses on protecting cloud-native applications and securing multicloud environments. This is crucial for both enterprise and cloud clients.

  • Google will integrate Wiz into its cloud business, Google Cloud. This aims to boost security features and draw in large enterprises and multicloud setups.

  • U.S. approval is important, but the deal still needs to clear other regulatory reviews. The final closing is expected in 2026, pending standard conditions.

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What Bill Gates Thinks About Microsoft & OpenAI’s Alliance

In 2019, Microsoft invested about $1 billion in OpenAI. Bill Gates reportedly had doubts about this move. CEO Satya Nadella shared that Gates said, “Yeah, you’re going to burn this billion dollars.”

Key Points:

  • Still, Microsoft moved forward. The investment grew to over $13 billion and became key to Microsoft’s AI strategy.

  • Nadella later noted that this decision required a high risk tolerance. He saw that AI was a huge strategic chance, even if quick returns weren’t guaranteed.

US Stock Market today: Wall Street gains as more firms report results, McDonald’s jumps 3%

U.S. stock markets climbed on Wednesday. This was due to new corporate earnings and positive economic data. The S&P 500 went up by 0.1%, the Dow added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq climbed about 0.3% early in the session.

Key Points:

A highlight was McDonald's. Its shares rose about 3.1% after the company announced that bringing back its popular Snack Wraps helped boost third-quarter sales.

Good news: Private-sector jobs grew by around 42,000 in October. This eases concerns about a softening labour market.

Still, this rise comes with caution. Bond yields increased, and some companies missed forecasts or provided weak guidance. Read More

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