Jim Cramer Calls Microsoft (MSFT) & OpenAI’s Trobles “A Shame”

We recently published Jim Cramer Discussed These 22 Stocks Including A Hidden Oil & Energy Play. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the stocks discussed by Jim Cramer.

As we enter into the second half of 2026, Jim Cramer’s tone about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)  has softened. In the first quarter of the year, the CNBC TV host didn’t hold back when criticizing the firm. He discussed Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Copilot user base and remarked that the firm needed to do more with the software in order to compete in the AI software industry. BMO Capital discussed Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s shares on July 7th as it cut the share price target to $500 from $515 and reiterated an Outperform rating. It discussed the software company’s upcoming second quarter earnings and outlined that Azure could deliver a stale upside. Cramer tweeted about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and commented on the firm’s relationship with OpenAI:

“It is such a shame that Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI is so strained. The way that MSFT gets its stock up more than 200 points is to merge with them paid for by a giant equity and debt deal. The real price of OpenAI will start to go down if they don’t get a deal done.

“Proud we told club members the change in META model was worth 100 points. It is why it is so hard to leave a Microsoft or an Amazon of a Google. The optionality is insane for these companies even as they take on too much debt. If AI works for them the debt gets paid back very quickly….”

Jim Cramer Calls Microsoft (MSFT) & OpenAI's Trobles "A Shame"

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