On August 20, information from sources close to the situation revealed that Meta Platforms allocates hundreds of millions of dollars each year to leverage artificial intelligence models via Microsoft's Azure cloud service, processing trillions of tokens on a weekly basis. Both companies have refrained from making any official statements regarding this matter. A key element of Microsoft's AI strategy involves offering models from various providers through its Foundry marketplace, which had already drawn in 100,000 clients by July. While Microsoft's promotional materials frequently feature traditional industry clients from the manufacturing or transportation sectors, sources indicate that, at present, Microsoft's most significant AI customers remain predominantly tech firms, including ByteDance, Adobe, Perplexity, and the AI startup Sierra. It has been reported that Meta is making substantial investments in AI to aid in software development and is procuring model access across multiple platforms, taking into account both availability and cost considerations. In the past, Meta developers utilized OpenAI technology through Foundry to assess the performance of their own models.