Australian retail conglomerate Wesfarmers expands Microsoft partnership, doubling Copilot footprint across Bunnings, Kmart, and other divisions for agentic commerce.

Microsoft develops MAI-1-preview foundation model trained on 15,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, reducing OpenAI reliance while maintaining partnership through 2032.

Programmers ask 9th Circuit to revive DMCA claims against OpenAI and Microsoft over AI trained on copyrighted code, seeking up to $9 billion in damages.

New Microsoft Cyber Pulse report reveals over 80% of Fortune 500 companies are deploying AI agents with low-code/no-code tools, emphasizing governance and security.

Microsoft reveals that its AI assistant Copilot has surpassed 1 million paid seats, demonstrating strong enterprise demand for AI-powered productivity tools across its ecosystem.

AI startup Anthropic raises double its initial target with $20B round led by Nvidia and Microsoft, valuing the company at $350 billion amid fierce competition.

Microsoft discloses Microsoft 365 Copilot has 15M paid seats (up 160% YoY) and GitHub Copilot reaches 4.7M paid subscribers.

AI competition from Anthropic's Claude sparks investor concerns about software sector sustainability, causing Microsoft and tech stocks to plunge sharply.

Microsoft reports record Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption at 15 million paid seats with 160% quarterly growth and new partner integrations across industries.

Microsoft introduces AI QuickStart programme with IMDA and UOB support, enabling enterprises to deploy AI solutions within three months at capped costs.

Stifel downgrades Microsoft to Hold, citing aggressive AI spending projected at $200 billion and Azure cloud capacity challenges that may pressure margins and earnings.

Microsoft introduces Maia 200 AI chip with 140B transistors, delivering 10 petaFLOPS to reduce AI inference costs at cloud scale.

Microsoft researchers unveil detection method for poisoned AI models achieving 88% accuracy with zero false positives across 47 sleeper agent models.

Microsoft announces major sales leadership promotions as company intensifies focus on AI product commercialization and enterprise adoption.

Microsoft's flagship AI product Copilot faces significant implementation problems as enterprises struggle with deployment and user adoption issues.

Microsoft launches OneDrive AI agents worldwide, enabling users to create focused AI teammates from their own files with Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Microsoft elevates four sales executives to executive vice president positions under commercial business CEO Judson Althoff, restructuring leadership to accelerate AI product adoption and tighten the feedback loop between customers and product development teams.

Microsoft stock plunges 10% as Azure cloud growth decelerates while capital expenditures surge 66% to $37.5B, raising AI investment concerns.

Microsoft's stock saw its biggest drop since 2020, wiping out $400 billion in market value, as investors question the high cost and slow monetization of its heavy investments in artificial intelligence and its exposure to OpenAI.

Microsoft reports $7.6B net income increase from OpenAI investment as the AI lab experiences unprecedented revenue growth, with total quarterly revenue reaching $81.3B.