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Microsoft Build 2026: MAI-Thinking-1 Debuts 35B-Parameter Model Without Distillation
Microsoft used its Build 2026 keynote on June 2 to introduce a new family of in-house AI models called MAI. The lineup spans seven models, headlined by MAI-Thinking-1, a 35-billion-active-parameter...
Microsoft Unveils Windows AI Runtime with Offline Models at Build 2026
Microsoft chose the first day of its Build 2026 conference on June 2 in San Francisco to flip the script on PC artificial intelligence. Rather than another cloud-dependent Copilot upgrade, the...
Satya Nadella’s Windows Reset: From OS King to Cloud AI Ecosystem
Satya Nadella took the reins as Microsoft’s third CEO on February 4, 2014, inheriting a tech giant that still printed money from Windows and Office but had become a bystander in the smartphone...
Jessica Hawk’s AI Founder Blueprint: How Azure and Agentic Systems Are Reshaping Startup Strategy
First-time founders must stop treating AI as a bolt-on and start combining it with every layer of their business—from coding to customer mentorship. That’s the core message from Microsoft’s...
Novo Nordisk's Azure-Governed AI Agent Cuts Clinical Trial Analysis from Weeks to Minutes
Novo Nordisk has successfully cut the time required for exploratory clinical trial data analysis from weeks down to just minutes, using an internally deployed reasoning agent built on Microsoft...
NTT DATA Snaps Up WinWire to Speed Autonomous AI on Azure
NTT DATA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft solutions partner specializing in Azure AI, data engineering, and cloud-native development, the companies...
Digitate ignio Earns Microsoft's Highest Azure AI Certification for Autonomous IT
Digitate’s flagship AIOps platform, ignio, has been awarded the Microsoft Solutions Partner with Certified Software designation for Azure, including specialized recognition for Azure AI. The...
WinWire’s Agentic AI @ Scale: How NTT DATA’s Acquisition Turns Azure Agents into Governed Business Operations
NTT DATA will acquire WinWire Technologies in a deal expected to close in May 2026, a move that reshapes the enterprise agentic AI landscape by blending WinWire’s proprietary Agentic AI @ Scale...
NTT DATA Buys WinWire to Fuel Autonomous AI Agents on Microsoft Fabric
NTT DATA signed a definitive agreement on May 18, 2026, to acquire WinWire, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft partner specializing in Azure, data engineering, cloud-native development, and agentic AI....
NTT DATA Acquires WinWire, Adding 1,000 Azure AI Engineers for Agentic AI
NTT DATA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Santa Clara-based WinWire Technologies, a move that will inject over 1,000 Azure-certified engineers and AI specialists into the global IT...
NTT DATA Acquires WinWire to Scale Azure Agentic AI for Enterprise
NTT DATA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft partner specializing in Azure, data engineering, cloud-native development, and agentic AI delivery. The...
NTT DATA Buys WinWire to Boost Azure AI, Fabric, and Agentic AI
NTT DATA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire Technologies, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft solutions partner with extensive delivery centers in India. The deal, announced on March 4,...