By Asmita - May 19, 2025
Microsoft's annual Build 2025 developer conference in Seattle focuses on integrating AI into core platforms and services. A major highlight is Microsoft Copilot, deeply embedded in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and Azure, offering smarter search options and AI agents for automating tasks. The company showcases new developer tools and enhancements to platforms like Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot. Microsoft's $64 billion investment in data centers supports AI features, with a shift towards optimizing AI models for efficiency. The partnership with OpenAI emphasizes Microsoft as a neutral provider of AI infrastructure, promoting open standards for wider innovation.
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Microsoft’s annual Build 2025 developer conference opened today in Seattle, drawing thousands of coders and industry leaders eager to see how the company will turn its massive investments in artifprofitable products and services. The four-day event, which runs through May 22, is available both in-person and online, with free registration granting access to keynotes, breakout sessions, and live demos. CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the conference with a keynote focused on Microsoft’s vision for integrating AI into its core platforms and services, highlighting the company’s commitment to making AI accessible and useful for both consumers and businesses.
A major highlight this year is Microsoft Copilot, the AI assistant now deeply embedded in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and Azure. Updates to Copilot are expected to include smarter search options in Windows settings and File Explorer, as well as new AI agents capable of remembering tasks and automating everyday workflows. Microsoft is also set to showcase new developer tools and enhancements to platforms such as Visual Studio, GitHub Copilot, and .NET, offering developers more ways to build, deploy, and monetize AI-powered applications.
The company’s focus on AI profitability is evident in its infrastructure strategy. Microsoft has invested $64 billion this year, much of it in data centers to support AI features like Copilot. However, it is shifting toward optimizing existing AI models for efficiency, aiming to deliver better performance at lower computing costs. Most revenue-generating AI services now run on Microsoft’s own Azure cloud, with the company turning to specialized “neocloud” providers like CoreWeave only for short bursts of extra computing power.
Beyond product updates, Microsoft is reworking its partnership with OpenAI, positioning itself as a neutral provider of AI infrastructure as competition intensifies. The conference also explores the future of AI agents that can collaborate across platforms and remember user interactions, with Microsoft promoting open standards to foster an “agentic web” for broader innovation.
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