Microsoft just flipped its messy OpenAI hookup into a clean 27% stake plus a massive quarter-trillion-dollar Azure deal—turning AI power moves into a chessmaster-level win. Meanwhile, Sam Altman’s still pulling a $76K salary with zero equity, making you wonder if this is CEO humility or a secret playbook nobody sees coming. Oh, and while Apple’s iPhone sales soar, Microsoft is quietly buying the AI future’s infrastructure backbone.