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Hyperscalers are carving up the AI agent market — here is who’s winning where

Apr 20, 2026Microsoft

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Hyperscalers are competing for AI startups at every layer of the stack. Our previous cloud wars analysis mapped how Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are winning infrastructure startup partnerships and where each is pulling ahead. In this brief, we move up … The post Hyperscalers are carving up the AI a

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