Overview
- In a wide-ranging Bloomberg interview reported Dec. 13–14, the Microsoft AI chief said he speaks regularly with Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei.
- He called Altman “courageous,” citing OpenAI’s rapid AI data-center expansion and saying he believes the company can meet heavy investment commitments despite current revenue levels.
- He praised Hassabis as an exceptional scientist and polymath, noting they remain friends and that he recently texted congratulations on Nano Banana, Gemini 3 and AlphaFold.
- On Elon Musk, he used the label “bulldozer” and said Musk has “superhuman” ability to “bend reality,” with coverage noting his record at Tesla and SpaceX as well as ventures like Neuralink and the Boring Company.
- The remarks signaled no policy changes but highlighted how close relationships among top executives intersect with intense competition over compute and scale.