Microsoft has unveiled the Microsoft Frontier Company, a new operating business focused on delivering “frontier transformation” through AI for Microsoft’s customers around the world. Microsoft Frontier Company launches with a $2.5 billion investment from Microsoft and 6,000 industry and engineering experts who will be embedded with customers to co-design, co-innovate, deploy, and continuously improve their AI systems, Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft Commercial Business, said in a July 2 blog post announcing the new company.
Microsoft Frontier Company will provide a unique combination of skills that include deep industry knowledge, change management and continuous improvement experience, and enterprise-grade AI engineering expertise, Althoff said. Companies as part of the effort are being encouraged to establish an intelligence platform so their “unique IQ” — their proprietary data, expertise, workflows, and decision-making processes — compounds over time from within, using their choice of models to build AI solutions and workflows. At the same time, they need a trusted platform that allows them to observe, govern, manage, and secure AI solutions across every layer of the technology stack, Althoff said.
