PYMNTS.com March 12, 2025
An antitrust probe of Microsoft that was launched in the last days of the Biden administration will reportedly continue under the Trump administration.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff have continued gathering information for the investigation, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (March 12), citing unnamed sources.
Neither the FTC nor Microsoft immediately replied to PYMNTS’ request for comment.
According to the Bloomberg report, the FTC sent Microsoft a civil investigative demand late last year demanding information about the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) operations, data centers, software licensing practices and decision to cut funding on its own AI projects after making a deal with OpenAI.
One company that was asked for information as part of the investigation told Bloomberg that the FTC wants to...
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