Microsoft Invests in Grab as Ride Hailer Adopts Azure Platform
- Software giant to make unspecified ‘strategic investment’
- Five-year agreement includes collaboraton on AI, big data
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Microsoft Corp. will invest an unspecified amount in Grab as the ride-hailing giant adopts the U.S. company’s Azure as its preferred platform for cloud services.
Under the five-year deal, the companies will collaborate on technologies including big data, artificial intelligence and connected car platforms. Grab counts Amazon Web Services among its existing cloud suppliers and has worked in the past with major shareholder Didi Chuxing to adopt new technologies.