Microsoft

AI across Windows, Microsoft 365, GitHub and Azure. One business-first Copilot app since 25 Sep. Multi-model: reportedly paying Anthropic $2B+ a year for Copilot.

What it offers

MAI-Thinking-1 · MAI-Code-1-Flash

In-house reasoning and code models (June), alongside MAI voice, image and transcription models.

Microsoft Copilot

One business-first app (25 Sep) with Home (chat and Cowork), Code and Autopilot; agentic work billed through Copilot Credits. Microsoft stepped back from the consumer chatbot race.

M365 Copilot

Researcher and Analyst agents, Notebooks, Pages, and skills in Excel, Word and Outlook.

Copilot Cowork

Built with Anthropic's Cowork and Claude. Multi-step work inside Microsoft 365, with approval checkpoints. Generally available since June; Word, Excel and PowerPoint editing arriving inside Cowork (Oct, Frontier first); Copilot for Legal is the first industry skill pack (15 Oct).

Copilot Studio · Agent 365

Low-code agent builder; Agent 365 is the control plane for governing agents.

GitHub Copilot

Agent mode, a cloud coding agent that returns pull requests, Agent HQ (runs Claude, Codex and other agents side by side), CLI and desktop app. Multi-model.

Microsoft Foundry · Agent Framework

Model and agent platform (Claude available since June); Agent Framework merges Semantic Kernel and AutoGen.

Recent news

• 12 Oct 2026Microsoft on track to pay Anthropic $2B+ a year for CopilotClaude is becoming a core model supplier inside Microsoft 365 Copilot.AI Weekly (The Information) ↗
• 25 Sep 2026Microsoft merges consumer and work Copilot into one business-first appThe new Copilot has Home, Code and Autopilot; Microsoft steps back from the consumer chatbot race.Bloomberg ↗
• Sep 2026Teams Copilot Facilitator can now act unprompted in meetingsCopilot moves from assistant to proactive agent inside Teams, and outside agents get an admin route inUC Today ↗
• Jul 2026Microsoft 365 Copilot passes 30 million paid seatsNet seat adds more than doubled in the quarter. Azure grew 43% and topped $100B for the yearUC Today ↗
• 30 Jun 2026Claude becomes generally available in Microsoft FoundryMakes Foundry a multi-model platform, with Claude billed through Azure and counted toward Azure spend commitmentsRedmondmag ↗
• Jun 2026Microsoft launches seven in-house MAI models at BuildMAI-Thinking-1 and MAI-Code-1 reduce reliance on OpenAI and now run inside GitHub CopilotThurrott ↗
• 27 Apr 2026Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity and revenue sharingOpenAI can now sell on any cloud. Microsoft keeps a non-exclusive license to OpenAI's IP through 2032Microsoft Blog ↗
• 27 Apr 2026GitHub Copilot's move to usage-based billing angers developersAI Credits replace request billing from June 1, which raises costs for heavy agent usersVisual Studio Magazine ↗