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Microsoft is the Redmond, Washington company behind Windows, Microsoft 365, the Azure cloud and the Copilot assistant. In AI it plays three roles at once: it builds and sells agents such as Copilot and Autopilot, it designs its own AI chips for Azure, and it is one of OpenAI's largest shareholders.

14 stories · updated Oct 13

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Checked Oct 13

Founded: 1975
Headquarters: One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, US
Employees: 223,000 worldwide (as of September 30, 2026)
Satya Nadella named CEO: February 4, 2014
Copilot rebuilt with Home, Code and Autopilot: September 25, 2026
Maia 300 AI accelerator unveiled: October 12, 2026; deployments from 2027
Stake in OpenAI Group PBC (per OpenAI, Oct 2025): ~27%

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Hardware · NewsMicrosoft Maia 300 AI chip: 288 GB of HBM4, 2nm compute and a 40% tokens-per-megawatt claimOn October 12, 2026, Microsoft unveiled Maia 300, its third in-house AI accelerator, built for inference and due in multi-gigawatt Azure deployments from 2027. The specs, the efficiency claim, and what's still unverified.Oct 13·5 min read

Models · ExplainerDecision models explained: Microsoft-Decision-1, OpenAI's Decisions API and when to use themMicrosoft-Decision-1 and OpenAI's Decisions API don't write text. They score a fixed set of answers and return probabilities your code can act on. How decision models work, what they cost, and where they fit: classification, routing and verification.Oct 13·7 min read

Policy · NewsSatya Nadella says to treat AI models as if they're compromised, and give humans an 'emergency brake'In a long post on X on October 10, 2026, Microsoft's CEO argued that companies should assume any advanced AI model could be compromised, contain it from the start, and let an authorized person pause or stop it mid-task. What he said, and what it means for teams deploying agents.Oct 13·5 min read

Agents · NewsMicrosoft Autopilot and Work IQ: what Copilot's always-on agent does, who can get it, and how it's billedMicrosoft Autopilot is a long-running Copilot agent with its own identity, memory and cloud computer, now in private preview. Work IQ, in preview since September 30, connects Copilot to Dynamics 365 and Power Platform data. What's available as of October 12, 2026, and what it costs.Oct 13·5 min read

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