Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has responded to a comment from Elon Musk, who claimed that OpenAI is going to ‘eat Microsoft alive.’ The exchange follows Microsoft’s announcement of the full integration of OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-5, across its ecosystem of apps and services. Nadella took to X (formerly Twitter) to address Musk’s warning with a measured yet competitive tone, while also welcoming Grok 4 on Azure cloud platform. “People have been trying for 50 years and that’s the fun of it!” Nadella wrote on X, addressing Musk’s “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive” statement.“Each day you learn something new, and innovate, partner, and compete. Excited for Grok 4 on Azure and looking forward to Grok 5!” Nadella added.Recently, Microsoft became only the second company after Nvidia to reach the $4 trillion market cap mark riding its success in the AI space and cloud computing.
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Musk’s comment came after Nadella announced on X that Microsoft has fully integrated GPT-5 into its flagship products, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Foundry. Nadella hailed the new model as a breakthrough in reasoning, coding, and conversational capabilities, describing it as “the most capable model yet.”The company, which has invested over $13 billion into OpenAI, is betting that GPT-5 will be the cornerstone of its AI-driven future.Meanwhile, Musk claimed that his company xAI’s Grok 4 Heavy model had already surpassed GPT-5’s intelligence two weeks prior, a claim he underscored with the phrase, “Let that sink in.” Musk also teased the upcoming release of Grok 5 before the end of 2025, which he described as “crushingly good.”Musk’s pointed comments may stem from his long-standing concerns about OpenAI’s direction. A co-founder of the company in 2015, he left the board in 2018, later citing a “betrayal” of OpenAI’s original non-profit, “open” mission.