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Microsoft’s AI position comes from product and cloud distribution at scale, not just model development, which makes it one of the most durable deployment players on the board.

HQ

Redmond, US

Founded

1975

Region

North America

Website

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai

Current snapshot

Lifecycle position

Research

New work, prototypes, or early papers.

Preview

Selective access, early demos, or limited pilots.

Growth

Repeatable distribution, partnerships, or ecosystem pull.

Deployment

Wide production use and durable market presence.

Current position

Founded

1975

Watch cadence

Daily

Last verified

2026-03-31

Focus

Platform-scale AI systems across copilots, cloud, and small language models

Latest move

Microsoft continues to push Azure and Copilot distribution while extending Phi with reasoning and multimodal variants like Phi-4-reasoning-vision.

Category and subcategory context

Open Weight LabsMedia ModelsVertical + EnterpriseCodingVertical + EnterpriseDeveloper toolsInfrastructure

Competitive context

Amazon AGI / NovaGoogle DeepMindOpenAI

Recent models

Phi-4-reasoning-visionPhi-4-reasoningPhi-4-multimodal

Products

Microsoft CopilotAzure AIGitHub Copilot

Open weights

Yes

API access

Yes

Watch level

Daily

Signals

Cloud distributionCopilotsSmall models

Current financial value

Market cap approx. $3.59T as of March 13, 2026.

Recent coverage of Microsoft

Recent business and product coverage pulled into the profile so you can see what is happening around the company without leaving the page.

Insight Enterprises (NSIT) Joins Microsoft AI Launch as Valuation Questions Build

Insight Enterprises (NSIT) Joins Microsoft AI Launch as Valuation Questions Build simplywall.st

simplywall.st•Jul 11

Microsoft Frontier Company Signals New Era of Enterprise AI Transformation

Microsoft Frontier Company Signals New Era of Enterprise AI Transformation Cloud Wars

Cloud Wars•Jul 8

Microsoft and G42's Inception42 Join Forces on Enterprise Agentic AI

Microsoft and G42's Inception42 Join Forces on Enterprise Agentic AI MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East

MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East•Jul 6

Microsoft AI launches seven MAI models and Mayo Clinic partnership

Microsoft AI launches seven MAI models and Mayo Clinic partnership EdTech Innovation Hub

EdTech Innovation Hub•Jun 4

NVIDIA Partners With Microsoft on Unified Stack for Agentic AI Deployment, From Windows Devices to Cloud to Local

NVIDIA Partners With Microsoft on Unified Stack for Agentic AI Deployment, From Windows Devices to Cloud to Local NVIDIA Blog

NVIDIA Blog•Jun 2

Malaysia deepens national AI partnership with Microsoft, expanding whole-of-nation skilling across educators, enterprises, and communities

Malaysia deepens national AI partnership with Microsoft, expanding whole-of-nation skilling across educators, enterprises, and communities Microsoft Source

Microsoft Source•Apr 24