Microsoft's stake in OpenAI has a number: $135 billion, or roughly 27% of the AI company.
Microsoft said its Dynamics 365 Sales Qualification Agent and Quality Evaluation Agent are generally available with its Sales Close Agent and Sales Research Agent in public preview.
Microsoft said it will add Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft Copilot Studio and Researcher in a move that highlights how the company is diversifying from OpenAI.
Microsoft is building a new quantum computing center in Maryland and line up with its work with DARPA on evaluating and funding quantum systems.
OpenAI, a master of projections for a perfect world, has an understanding that'll it'll reach an understanding with Microsoft. What could go wrong?
Microsoft announced a set of Copilots for sales, service and finance in a move that brings role-based assistants to Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Microsoft's $17.4 billion deal with Nebius adds AI compute capacity quickly but also ensures that it won't be left holding the physical infrastructure bag if the AI bubble ever bursts.
Microsoft delivered better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings results as Azure ended the fiscal year with $75 billion in revenue, up 34%.
Microsoft said it has developed quantum computing error-correction codes that can create a 1,000-fold reduction in error rates. The company also said it is landing on-premise interest for its Quantum compute platform, a collaboration between Microsoft and Atom Computing.
OpenAI and Microsoft are going to be rivals as the companies increasingly appear to be tilting away from the frenemy and partner model that has paid off so well for both companies.
