A version of this article originally appeared in Quartz’s members-only Weekend Brief newsletter. Quartz members get access to exclusive newsletters and more. Sign up here . In late 2022, Satya Nadella made what might be the defining bet of his career: pouring billions into OpenAI while restructuring Microsoft around artificial intelligence. At first, the move looked like strategic genius. While Google, Apple, and Meta scrambled to catch up in the AI race, Microsoft appeared to have secured the