Microsoft (MSFT): FY26 Q4 earnings call, Jul 29, 2026

Wed, Jul 29Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptMicrosoft

On its Jul 29, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q4), Microsoft said 19 of the 26 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with 25 of 26 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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26 words · 19 settled yes · our count agreed on 25 of 26

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Copilot 20+ timesYes3333✓80%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 4:29, Copilot 20+ times–
AI / Artificial Intelligence 30+ timesYes2929✗74%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 3:26, AI / Artificial Intelligence 30+ times–
Security 5+ timesYes1616✓82%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:57, Security 5+ times–
OpenAI Yes1414✓97%n=5+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 5:10, OpenAI–
GitHub Yes1111✓96%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 7:31, GitHub–
GitHub 10+ timesYes1111✓64%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 7:31, GitHub 10+ times–
Frontier Yes1113✓52%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 7:11, Frontier–
Foundry Yes99✓90%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:26, Foundry–
Fabric Yes77✓88%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 9:18, Fabric–
Anthropic Yes55✓71%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 6:09, Anthropic–
Memory Yes44✓72%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 7:05, Memory–
Database Yes22✓82%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 8:38, Database–
AMD / Advanced Micro Devices Yes22✓66%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 5:00, AMD / Advanced Micro Devices–
Latency Yes22✓60%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:00, Latency–
Maia Yes22✓46%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 5:01, Maia–
Excel Yes11✓79%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 7:43, Excel–
Activision / Blizzard Yes11✓28%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 29:36, Activision / Blizzard–
Helios Yes11✓18%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 5:19, Helios–
Cybersecurity Yes01✓31%n=5+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Gaming No00✓90%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Game Pass No00✓74%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Windows 11 No00✓56%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Sentinel No00✓38%transcripts from the transcript model–
Call of Duty No00✓38%transcripts from the transcript model–
Phi No00✓28%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Layoff / Job Cuts No00✓18%transcripts from the transcript model–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

2 matches for “Cost structure”; 2 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Amy Hoodcompanyqa · 47:49Hear it 47:45, Amy Hood

…is actually quite flexible, right? It's a smaller percentage of the overall cost structure, and timing can be changed on much of that, especially on…

Amy Hoodcompanyqa · 1:02:49Hear it 1:02:43, Amy Hood

…both efficient in terms of token usage and efficient in terms of cost structure, are also margin levers. All of these things contribute, obviously, to…

Where the listed words were said

Satya Nadellacompany“Copilot (20+)” · prepared · 4:31Hear it 4:29, Satya Nadella

…across silicon systems and software. For example, we increased the throughput for Copilot workloads 4x since the start of the year. AI sovereignty is increasingly…

Satya Nadellacompany“AI / Artificial Intelligence (30+)” · prepared · 3:28Hear it 3:28, Satya Nadella

…surpassed $100 billion, up 41%. Going forward, we have two goals. Ensuring AI empowers every person, amplifying their agency and ambition, and empowering every organization…

Jonathan Neilsoncompany“Security (5+)” · prepared · 2:59Hear it 2:53, Jonathan Neilson

…our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any duty to update any…

Satya Nadellacompany“OpenAI” · prepared · 5:12Hear it 5:06, Satya Nadella

…the latest generation hardware in our fleet and is now supporting both OpenAI and MAI models. And we will be among the first cloud providers…

Satya Nadellacompany“GitHub” · prepared · 7:33Hear it 7:29, Satya Nadella

…with great results. For example, millions of developers have used MAI-Code-1-Flash on GitHub Copilot, achieving higher code acceptance rates and 10% lower median token usage…

Satya Nadellacompany“GitHub (10+)” · prepared · 15:42Hear it 15:40, Satya Nadella

When it comes to developers, GitHub Copilot now has 50 million users. This quarter, we introduced usage-based billing and have continued to see business and…

Satya Nadellacompany“Frontier” · prepared · 18:06Hear it 18:01, Satya Nadella

…usage. To help customers capture that opportunity this month, we launched Microsoft Frontier Company, the largest outcome-driven engineering organization in the industry. We will embed…

Satya Nadellacompany“Foundry” · prepared · 6:28Hear it 6:23, Satya Nadella

…& Co., for example, is using models from OpenAI and Anthropic on Foundry as it brings more than 1,000 domain-specific agents into a unified enterprise…

Satya Nadellacompany“Fabric” · prepared · 9:20Hear it 9:16, Satya Nadella

…deployments. When it comes to analytics, we now have over 40,000 paid Fabric customers, up more than 60% year-over-year, and over 17,000 customers now use…

Amy Hoodcompany“Anthropic” · prepared · 21:25Hear it 21:21, Amy Hood

These included a $3.2 billion gain from our investment in Anthropic and lower than expected expenses related to the voluntary retirement program, which were partially…

Satya Nadellacompany“Memory” · prepared · 7:07Hear it 7:02, Satya Nadella

…importantly, we are building a new model system where the harness, context, memory, and action space are separate from any one model family, thereby moving…

Satya Nadellacompany“Database” · prepared · 8:40Hear it 8:37, Satya Nadella

Customers are rapidly adopting our AI-optimized databases like Cosmos DB and PostgreSQL to give agents fast, secure access to real-time data and context they need…

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