Microsoft
MSFTMicrosoft is a public technology company whose AI portfolio spans Microsoft AI, Microsoft Research, Copilot, Azure and Microsoft Foundry, GitHub, small and frontier models, enterprise agents, healthcare AI, developer tooling and custom AI infrastructure. This profile focuses on its AI products, models, platforms, research systems and major AI corporate events.
$3.81T*
Key stats
- $1B
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- Oct 1, 2026
- Products
Recent releases
Oct 1, 2026Microsoft market capitalization reaches $3.809 trillionValuation
Microsoft closed with an estimated public equity market capitalization of $3.809 trillion based on its Nasdaq-listed MSFT shares.
Sep 28, 2026Fabric IQ grounding becomes generally available in CopilotFeature update
Microsoft makes Fabric IQ grounding generally available in Copilot Chat and Cowork, connecting governed Power BI business context to AI workflows.
Sep 25, 2026Microsoft Copilot Managed Runtime enters previewProduct launch
Microsoft launches Copilot Managed Runtime in preview as governed hosting infrastructure for Copilot-created apps and automations.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Cowork introduced for delegated workProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Cowork for delegating complex end-to-end work and returning completed deliverables for iteration.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Autopilot expands to private previewAnnouncedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Autopilot, formerly Scout, as a persistent agent that proactively performs recurring and long-running work.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Home begins Frontier rolloutAnnouncedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Home as Copilot's unified starting experience combining Chat, Cowork and editable Office documents.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Code announcedAnnouncedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Copilot Code for creating sandboxed applications, dashboards, automations and workflows through natural language.
Sep 4, 2026MAI-Image-2.6 and Flash enter Foundry public previewModel release
Microsoft makes MAI-Image-2.6 and its Flash variant available in public preview through Microsoft Foundry.
Upcoming
Nov 17, 2026Microsoft Ignite 2026ScheduledEvent
Microsoft Ignite 2026 is scheduled for November 17–20 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, with an online digital experience focused on AI, cloud and enterprise technology.
AI market cap history
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$3.81T
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Oct 1, 2026
Models
| Model | Released | Open source |
|---|---|---|
| MAI-Image-2.6 Flash | Sep 2026 | — |
| MAI-Transcribe-2 | Sep 2026 | — |
| MAI-Image-2.6 | Aug 2026 | — |
| MAI-Code-1-Flash | Jun 2026 | — |
| MAI-Image-2.5 | Jun 2026 | — |
| MAI-Image-2.5 Flash | Jun 2026 | — |
Platforms & products
| Name | Type | Category | Launched | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copilot Autopilot | Product | — | Sep 2026 | private preview |
| Copilot Code | Product | — | Sep 2026 | preview |
| Copilot Cowork | Product | — | Sep 2026 | active |
| Copilot Home | Product | — | Sep 2026 | preview |
| Microsoft Copilot Managed Runtime | Platform | — | Sep 2026 | preview |
| Agent 365 | Platform | — | Jun 2026 | active |
| Microsoft Agent Platform | Platform | — | Jun 2026 | active |
| Microsoft Frontier Tuning | Platform | — | Jun 2026 | preview |
| Microsoft IQ | Platform | — | Jun 2026 | active |
| Microsoft Agent Framework | Platform | — | Oct 2025 | active |
| GitHub Copilot Coding Agent | Product | — | May 2025 | active |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning | Platform | — | May 2025 | active |
| Microsoft Discovery | Platform | — | May 2025 | active |
| NLWeb | Platform | — | May 2025 | active |
| Windows AI Foundry | Platform | — | May 2025 | active |
| Copilot Analyst | Product | — | Mar 2025 | active |
| Copilot Researcher | Product | — | Mar 2025 | active |
| Dragon Copilot | Product | — | Mar 2025 | active |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Product | — | Jan 2025 | active |
| Copilot Vision | Product | — | Dec 2024 | active |
| Windows Recall | Product | — | Nov 2024 | preview |
| Azure AI Agent Service | Platform | — | Nov 2024 | active |
| Microsoft Foundry | Platform | — | Nov 2024 | active |
| GitHub Spark | Product | — | Oct 2024 | active |
| GitHub Models | Platform | — | Aug 2024 | active |
| Copilot+ PCs | Platform | — | May 2024 | active |
| GitHub Copilot Workspace | Product | — | Apr 2024 | technical preview |
| GitHub Copilot Enterprise | Product | — | Feb 2024 | active |
| Azure Maia 100 | Platform | — | Nov 2023 | active |
| Azure Maia AI Accelerator | Platform | — | Nov 2023 | active |
| Microsoft Copilot for Azure | Product | — | Nov 2023 | active |
| Microsoft Copilot Studio | Platform | — | Nov 2023 | active |
| Azure AI Content Safety | Platform | — | Oct 2023 | active |
| AutoGen | Platform | — | Oct 2023 | active |
| DAX Copilot | Product | — | Sep 2023 | active |
| Microsoft Security Copilot | Product | — | Mar 2023 | active |
| GitHub Copilot Chat | Product | — | Mar 2023 | active |
| Bing Image Creator | Product | — | Mar 2023 | active |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot | Product | — | Mar 2023 | active |
| Dynamics 365 Copilot | Product | — | Mar 2023 | active |
| Semantic Kernel | Platform | — | Feb 2023 | active |
| Microsoft Copilot | Platform | — | Feb 2023 | active |
| Microsoft Designer | Product | — | Oct 2022 | active |
| Responsible AI Dashboard | Platform | — | May 2022 | active |
| Azure OpenAI Service | Platform | — | Nov 2021 | active |
| GitHub Copilot | Product | — | Jun 2021 | active |
| DeepSpeed | Platform | — | Feb 2020 | active |
| InterpretML | Platform | — | May 2019 | active |
| ONNX Runtime | Platform | — | Dec 2018 | active |
| ML.NET | Platform | — | May 2018 | active |
| Fairlearn | Platform | — | May 2018 | active |
| Project Brainwave | Platform | — | Aug 2017 | research |
| Seeing AI | Product | — | Jul 2017 | active |
| Azure AI Services | Platform | — | Mar 2016 | active |
| Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit | Platform | — | Jan 2016 | retired |
| Azure Machine Learning | Platform | — | Feb 2015 | active |
| Xiaoice | Product | — | May 2014 | spun off |
| Cortana | Product | — | Apr 2014 | retired |
Sources
- Nov 17, 2026 · Microsoft Ignite 2026Microsoft Ignite
- Oct 1, 2026 · Microsoft market capitalization reaches $3.809 trillionYCharts
- Sep 28, 2026 · Fabric IQ grounding becomes generally available in CopilotOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 25, 2026 · Microsoft Copilot Managed Runtime enters previewOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 25, 2026 · Copilot Cowork introduced for delegated workOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 25, 2026 · Copilot Autopilot expands to private previewOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 25, 2026 · Copilot Home begins Frontier rolloutOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 25, 2026 · Copilot Code announcedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 4, 2026 · MAI-Image-2.6 and Flash enter Foundry public previewMicrosoft AI
- Sep 3, 2026 · MAI-Transcribe-2 launchedMicrosoft AI
- Aug 10, 2026 · MAI-Image-2.6 announcedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · MAI-Voice-2 Flash announcedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · MAI-Voice-2 launchedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · MAI-Transcribe-1.5 launchedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · MAI-Image-2.5 Flash launchedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · MAI-Image-2.5 launchedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · MAI-Code-1-Flash launchedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · MAI-Thinking-1 launchedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · Microsoft Frontier Tuning introducedMicrosoft AI
- Jun 2, 2026 · Agent 365 introduced for enterprise agent governanceOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jun 2, 2026 · Microsoft IQ becomes generally availableOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jun 2, 2026 · Microsoft Agent Platform introduced at Build 2026Official Microsoft Blog
- Apr 27, 2026 · OpenAI and Microsoft amend partnershipOpenAI
- Apr 2, 2026 · MAI-Voice-1 becomes available in FoundryMicrosoft AI
- Apr 2, 2026 · MAI-Image-2 launched in Microsoft FoundryMicrosoft AI
- Apr 2, 2026 · MAI-Transcribe-1 launched in Microsoft FoundryMicrosoft AI
- Mar 16, 2026 · Microsoft and NVIDIA expand Foundry and physical-AI integrationsOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 4, 2026 · Phi-4 Reasoning Vision releasedMicrosoft Research
- Nov 18, 2025 · Claude models launch in Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft 365 CopilotAnthropic
- Oct 13, 2025 · MAI-Image-1 announcedMicrosoft AI
- Oct 1, 2025 · Microsoft Agent Framework enters public previewMicrosoft Developer Blog
- Aug 28, 2025 · MAI-Voice-1 releasedMicrosoft AI
- Aug 28, 2025 · MAI-1 Preview begins public testingMicrosoft AI
- Jul 23, 2025 · GitHub Spark enters public previewGitHub Blog
- Jul 9, 2025 · Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- May 19, 2025 · Microsoft Discovery introducedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 19, 2025 · NLWeb open project launchedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 19, 2025 · Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning introducedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 19, 2025 · Windows AI Foundry launchedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 19, 2025 · Azure AI Foundry Agent Service becomes generally availableOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 19, 2025 · GitHub Copilot Coding Agent launchedGitHub Blog
- Apr 30, 2025 · Phi-4 Mini Reasoning releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Apr 30, 2025 · Phi-4 Reasoning Plus releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Apr 30, 2025 · Phi-4 Reasoning releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Apr 23, 2025 · Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 spring release beginsOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Apr 4, 2025 · Microsoft Copilot gains Memory, Actions and Deep ResearchOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 25, 2025 · Copilot Analyst announcedMicrosoft 365 Blog
- Mar 25, 2025 · Researcher and Analyst agents announcedMicrosoft 365 Blog
- Mar 3, 2025 · Dragon Copilot announcedMicrosoft Source
- Feb 26, 2025 · Phi-4 Multimodal releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Feb 26, 2025 · Phi-4 Mini releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Feb 19, 2025 · Muse world and action model introducedMicrosoft Research
- Jan 21, 2025 · Microsoft and OpenAI evolve cloud partnership termsOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jan 16, 2025 · MatterGen research publishedMicrosoft Research
- Jan 15, 2025 · Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat launchedMicrosoft 365 Blog
- Jan 13, 2025 · Microsoft creates CoreAI – Platform and ToolsOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jan 3, 2025 · Microsoft plans roughly $80 billion in FY2025 AI datacenter investmentMicrosoft On the Issues
- Dec 12, 2024 · Phi-4 releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Dec 5, 2024 · Copilot Vision enters limited previewMicrosoft Copilot Blog
- Dec 4, 2024 · BioEmu generative protein model introducedMicrosoft Research
- Nov 22, 2024 · Windows Recall enters Insider previewWindows Insider Blog
- Nov 19, 2024 · Azure AI Agent Service enters previewOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Nov 19, 2024 · Azure AI Foundry introducedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Oct 29, 2024 · GitHub Spark announced in technical previewGitHub Blog
- Sep 17, 2024 · Microsoft joins Global AI Infrastructure Investment PartnershipMicrosoft News Center
- Aug 20, 2024 · Phi-3.5 Vision releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Aug 20, 2024 · Phi-3.5 MoE releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Aug 20, 2024 · Phi-3.5 Mini releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Aug 1, 2024 · GitHub Models launches in limited public betaGitHub Blog
- Jul 17, 2024 · Microsoft Designer becomes generally availableMicrosoft 365 Blog
- Jun 18, 2024 · Copilot+ PCs reach general availabilityOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jun 14, 2024 · Florence-2 open vision model releasedMicrosoft Research
- Jun 13, 2024 · Microsoft delays broad Recall rollout for security reviewWindows Blog
- May 21, 2024 · Phi-3 Vision introducedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- May 21, 2024 · Phi-3 Small and Medium releasedMicrosoft Azure Blog
- May 21, 2024 · Phi-3 Medium becomes generally availableMicrosoft Azure Blog
- May 20, 2024 · Aurora foundation model introducedMicrosoft Research
- May 20, 2024 · Phi Silica announced for Copilot+ PCsMicrosoft Research
- May 20, 2024 · Recall announced for Copilot+ PCsOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 20, 2024 · Copilot+ PCs announcedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Apr 29, 2024 · GitHub Copilot Workspace enters technical previewGitHub Blog
- Apr 23, 2024 · Phi-3 Mini released as an open modelMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Apr 16, 2024 · Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in G42 AI partnershipOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Apr 1, 2024 · Microsoft Security Copilot becomes generally availableMicrosoft Security Blog
- Mar 19, 2024 · Microsoft licenses Inflection AI technology and hires team membersOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 19, 2024 · Microsoft forms Microsoft AI organizationOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 18, 2024 · Microsoft and NVIDIA expand generative-AI integrationsNVIDIA Newsroom
- Feb 27, 2024 · GitHub Copilot Enterprise becomes generally availableGitHub Blog
- Feb 26, 2024 · Microsoft partners with Mistral AIOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Dec 12, 2023 · Phi-2 releasedMicrosoft Research
- Dec 1, 2023 · Microsoft Copilot exits previewOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Nov 20, 2023 · Orca 2 research models releasedMicrosoft Research
- Nov 15, 2023 · Azure Maia 100 AI accelerator introducedMicrosoft Source
- Nov 15, 2023 · Copilot for Azure announcedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Nov 15, 2023 · Microsoft Copilot Studio launchedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Nov 15, 2023 · Bing Chat is renamed Microsoft CopilotOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Nov 1, 2023 · Microsoft 365 Copilot becomes generally availableOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Oct 17, 2023 · Azure AI Content Safety becomes generally availableMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Oct 3, 2023 · AutoGen open-source multi-agent framework releasedMicrosoft Research
- Sep 28, 2023 · DAX Copilot announced for ambient clinical documentationMicrosoft News Center
- Sep 26, 2023 · Windows Copilot begins rolloutOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 21, 2023 · Microsoft unifies consumer AI under the Copilot brandOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Sep 11, 2023 · Phi-1.5 releasedMicrosoft Research
- Jul 26, 2023 · Microsoft co-founds the Frontier Model ForumMicrosoft Research
- Jul 18, 2023 · Bing Chat Enterprise launches in previewOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jun 20, 2023 · Phi-1 research model introducedMicrosoft Research
- Jun 20, 2023 · Kosmos-2 grounded multimodal model introducedMicrosoft Research
- Jun 5, 2023 · Orca research model introducedMicrosoft Research
- May 23, 2023 · Microsoft expands the Copilot plugin platformOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 28, 2023 · Microsoft Security Copilot announcedMicrosoft News Center
- Mar 22, 2023 · GitHub Copilot X and Copilot Chat announcedGitHub Blog
- Mar 21, 2023 · Bing Image Creator launchedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 16, 2023 · Microsoft 365 Copilot announcedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 6, 2023 · Dynamics 365 Copilot announcedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Feb 27, 2023 · Kosmos-1 research publishedMicrosoft Research
- Feb 21, 2023 · Semantic Kernel released as an open-source SDKMicrosoft Developer Blog
- Feb 7, 2023 · AI-powered Bing and Edge launch in previewOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jan 23, 2023 · Microsoft and OpenAI extend their partnershipOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jan 16, 2023 · Azure OpenAI Service becomes generally availableMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Oct 12, 2022 · Microsoft Designer announced in previewMicrosoft 365 Blog
- Jun 21, 2022 · Microsoft publishes Responsible AI Standard v2Microsoft On the Issues
- Jun 21, 2022 · GitHub Copilot becomes generally availableGitHub Blog
- May 24, 2022 · Responsible AI Dashboard releasedMicrosoft
- Mar 4, 2022 · Microsoft completes Nuance acquisitionMicrosoft News Center
- Nov 22, 2021 · DeBERTa V3 releasedMicrosoft Research
- Nov 2, 2021 · Azure OpenAI Service enters invitation-only previewMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Jun 29, 2021 · GitHub Copilot technical preview launchedGitHub Blog
- Apr 12, 2021 · Microsoft announces Nuance acquisitionMicrosoft News Center
- Jul 13, 2020 · Xiaoice spun out of MicrosoftMicrosoft News Center
- Jun 1, 2020 · DeBERTa introducedMicrosoft Research
- Feb 13, 2020 · DeepSpeed open-sourcedMicrosoft Research
- Feb 10, 2020 · Turing-NLG introducedMicrosoft Research
- Nov 4, 2019 · Project Turing formalizes company-wide language-model developmentMicrosoft Research
- Jul 22, 2019 · Microsoft invests $1 billion and partners with OpenAIOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 16, 2019 · InterpretML open-sourcedMicrosoft Research
- Dec 4, 2018 · ONNX Runtime open-sourcedMicrosoft Open Source Blog
- Jun 4, 2018 · Microsoft announces acquisition of GitHubMicrosoft News Center
- May 20, 2018 · Microsoft acquires Semantic MachinesOfficial Microsoft Blog
- May 7, 2018 · ML.NET open-source preview releasedMicrosoft .NET Blog
- May 1, 2018 · Fairlearn open-source toolkit introducedMicrosoft Research
- Sep 7, 2017 · Microsoft and Facebook introduce ONNXMicrosoft Azure Blog
- Aug 22, 2017 · Project Brainwave introducedMicrosoft Research
- Jul 12, 2017 · Seeing AI launchedMicrosoft Accessibility Blog
- Sep 29, 2016 · Microsoft forms AI and Research GroupMicrosoft News Center
- Mar 30, 2016 · Microsoft Cognitive Services announcedOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Mar 24, 2016 · Tay chatbot launched and taken offlineOfficial Microsoft Blog
- Jan 25, 2016 · Microsoft open-sources CNTKMicrosoft Research
- Feb 18, 2015 · Azure Machine Learning becomes generally availableMicrosoft Azure Blog
- May 29, 2014 · Xiaoice launched in ChinaMicrosoft Research
- Apr 2, 2014 · Cortana announcedWindows Blog
- Sep 1, 1991 · Microsoft Research establishedMicrosoft Research
- Mar 13, 1986 · Microsoft completes initial public offeringMicrosoft Investor Relations
- Apr 4, 1975 · Microsoft foundedMicrosoft News Center
* Market cap / valuation. Company values are AI-attributed: the latest market cap or valuation × the share attributed to AI (100% for pure AI companies). Methodology