The tech giant aims to deploy 6,000 industry and engineering experts as part of the Microsoft Frontier Co. initiative launched last week.
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The tech giant aims to deploy 6,000 industry and engineering experts as part of the Microsoft Frontier Co. initiative launched last week.
Published July 7, 2026
Microsoft's headquarters on July 3, 2024, in Redmond, Wash. The company cut two-thirds of its Xbox division after pouring $2.5 billion into the Microsoft Frontier Co. initiative.
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