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Isn't M$FT a $Trillion dollar company? They can afford it on their own bootstraps
by sexeriy237 11mo ago
Isn't M$FT a $Trillion dollar company? They can afford it on their own bootstraps
- bawolff 11mo agoYou dont get a billion dollar loan if you have no money. You are still expected to pay it back in the end.
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- DeathArrow 11mo agoMaybe the loan is cheaper than using their own money.
- yellowapple 11mo agoMore critically: just because a company is worth $1 trillion doesn't mean it has anywhere close to $1 billion in cash at all, let alone able to be earmarked to a given project (at the presumed exclusion of other projects). Granted, a project like this probably doesn't strictly need all $1 billion all at once, but I'd argue it's better to get whatever necessary funding upfront instead of risking having sunk a partial investment without being able to obtain the rest should the company's financial situation change.
- lvspiff 11mo agoThey do have money earmarked for this…its just a line item though called “lobbying”
- dpark 11mo agoMicrosoft had over 94 billion in cash and cash equivalent as of June 2025. My assumption is that the real reason this is a loan from the government and not paid directly by Microsoft has to do with other factors, like Microsoft not waiting to be in the hook for the billion dollars if the partner company folds, or the potential for loan forgiveness, or other incentives that make the effectively loan cheaper than cash.