The drop comes amid stalling growth for its cloud computing software as OpenAI investments are questioned.

Company reports second-quarter revenues of $81.27bn but posts slowing growth in key cloud computing business

Some worry that the tech giant is struggling to keep up with AI demand.

Meta jumped, while Microsoft plunged post-earnings as investors hunt for signs that big AI investments are paying off.

Revenue from the company’s cloud computing unit failed to meet analysts’ expectations.

Microsoft’s stock has plummeted 12% owing to a slight miss on revenue, showing how spooked investors are by the “spend now, profit later” AI market.

The drop comes amid stalling growth for its cloud computing software as OpenAI investments are questioned.

Microsoft dropped 10%, shedding more than $350 billion in market value after its cloud business failed to impress, while Meta gained 10%.