Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ: MSFT turned heads at its Build 2026 conference in June by introducing an ambitious platform vision. Specifically, the company is reframing Copilot as a multi-layered agentic system spanning productivity, development tools, and enterprise knowledge.
Agent skills have become an important part of real-world AI applications, providing a mechanism — a set of instructions saved in a folder of text-based markdown (.md) files, usually — for models to adapt to specific enterprise use cases and complex workflows. However, optimizing these skills is a slow process and faulty process, as they cannot be trained in the same way as the parameters of the underlying AI model.
Today is dividend day at Microsoft, and one shareholder is collecting a check that dwarfs almost every Powerball jackpot in U.S.
Microsoft's Xbox division could soon face a shakeup of its workforce under new CEO Asha Sharma.
Microsoft has signed a three-year agreement to buy nearly 37,000 tons of carbon removal credits from Indian startup Alt Carbon, marking the tech giant's first enhanced-rock weathering deal in Asia.
Microsoft (MSFT) remains a 'Buy' as the current dip presents a generational buying opportunity amid AI-driven catalysts and undervalued forward growth. Q3 2026 results showed 18.3% YoY revenue growth and strong AI adoption, with Azure and cloud services up 40% YoY, beating guidance. Despite CAPEX concerns, MSFT's rising RPOs and transition to a usage-based model should drive margin recovery and robust ROIC over the next 2-5 years.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said "a lot" of tokenmaxxing is happening at Microsoft. He said workers should use the right AI model for the job.
At The New York Times's Hard Fork Live event, Mr. Nadella addressed the backlash against artificial intelligence and President Trump's comments about Americans sharing in the wealth of A.I.
Microsoft Corporation remains a Buy, but the AI story is no longer clean. AI CapEx is pressuring margins, but earnings and cash flow remain strong. Palantir is a real competitor, but Microsoft's scale advantage is still much larger.
Microsoft is limiting employees' use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 because of the AI startup's new data retention requirements, The Verge reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) is trading at an unusually soft spot heading into the second half of 2026, and our model says the setup is attractive.
MSFT ramps up agentic AI with KPMG, Atos deals, new Azure Cobalt VMs and Copilot expansion as cloud surges but margins face AI-driven pressure.