Microsoft is set to soar past $4 trillion in market valuation for the first time on Thursday, as a blockbuster earnings report helps the tech behemoth become the second company after Nvidia to surpass the milestone.

Microsoft valuation surged past $4 trillion after markets opened on Thursday after beating expectations for second-quarter revenue, becoming only the second company in history to hit the milestone since AI chip designer Nvidia broke the record just weeks earlier.

Microsoft is working on a new shader system for PC handhelds that might make games load faster and stutter less.

Gaming company ZeniMax Media has announced 62 layoffs in Cockeysville, part of wider job cuts in Maryland and beyond as the video game industry undergoes a structural reset amid rising costs and

Microsoft salaries were also leaked in 2024 and in 2019. Compared to last year, salaries have hardly changed—but in 2019, developers at Microsoft earned significantly less. However, the company’s annual turnover has now risen to $281 billion, making it one of the top 3 tech companies in the world.

Baron Funds, an investment management company, released its “Baron Opportunity Fund” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here.

Microsoft’s stock price has risen so much today that it has passed a $4 trillion market valuation for the first time in its 50-year history. The software maker is the second company to be valued at $4 trillion, after Nvidia reached a market cap of over $4 trillion earlier this month.

The tech giant is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of Microsoft’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.