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Founded1975
HQRedmond, Washington, USA
RoleOne of the largest technology companies in the world; major cloud (Azure), productivity (Microsoft 365), gaming (Xbox), and AI vendor.
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Pyrex for the archive
Microsoft's Project Silica got laser-written archival storage working in ordinary borosilicate glass — the stuff of kitchen cookware — instead of the costly optical-grade silica it has needed since 2016.
Overall▅▃▄▂▅▇high · independentMicrosoft Research / University of Southampton
demoArtificial Intelligence
The last lock comes off OpenAI
When the press declared Microsoft no longer OpenAI's exclusive cloud in early 2025, one quiet lock survived: Azure was still the only place anyone could buy an OpenAI model. That lock fell in April.
Overall▃▄▄▃▅▅high · first-partyOpenAI / Microsoft
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