Coca-Cola to Use Microsoft's AI Services After $1.1 Billion Deal


by Tech Times

Tech Times— The new Coca-Cola $1.1 billion deal looks to incorporate Microsoft's AI in potentially improving its beverage-making services.

Neowin—The Coca-Cola Company plans to spend $1.1 billion to use Microsoft's cloud and AI services. Microsoft has announced a new five-year deal with The Coca-Cola Company, which plans to spend a total of $1.1 billion during that time to access Microsoft's cloud and generative AI services.

MSPoweruser—Coca-Cola to move to Microsoft Azure in a deal worth $1.1B, 4x increase from the last deal. The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft Corp. announced a new five-year partnership that looks to fasten Coca-Cola’s digital transformation. The partenrship is to make company to adopt technologies and improve innovation across its operations globally. As part of the agreement, Coca-Cola has committed $1.1 billion to leverage Microsoft’s cloud platform, Microsoft Azure, with a specific focus on generative AI capabilities offered through […]

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