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Global Micro Solutions has launched an agentic governance, risk and compliance platform on Microsoft Azure in June 2026, aiming to automate audit preparation, evidence collection, and compliance monitoring across Microsoft 365, Azure, server infrastructure, and network perimeter estates. The...

Kore.ai launched the Artemis edition of its Agent Platform on May 21, 2026, initially on Microsoft Azure, pitching it as an AI-native system for building, governing, and optimizing enterprise multi-agent workflows across business applications, identity systems, and collaboration channels. The...

Microsoft, Broadcom and TransDigm were pitched on May 29, 2026, by Argent Capital Management portfolio manager Jed Ellerbroek as “Hot Picks” on BNN Bloomberg, with artificial intelligence demand, cloud capacity shortages, custom chip spending and aerospace aftermarket economics forming the core...

Polestar Analytics has been recognized as a Microsoft Azure Specialized Partner in AI Apps and Analytics, according to a TipRanks item based on a company LinkedIn post, marking a partner-status milestone for a consulting firm that sells enterprise data, cloud, analytics, and production AI...

Bryson DeChambeau worked with Microsoft and Seattle-area sensor startup Sensoria in late 2016 to build a prototype golf grip that measured hand pressure through eight embedded sensors and sent swing data to Microsoft Azure for real-time visualization and future machine-learning analysis. The...

Anthropic is in early talks to rent Microsoft Azure server capacity powered by Microsoft’s Maia AI accelerators, a potential cloud-compute arrangement reported in late May 2026 that would add Microsoft’s custom silicon to the Claude maker’s already sprawling infrastructure commitments with...

Kore.ai launched the Artemis edition of its Agent Platform on May 21, 2026, initially on Microsoft Azure, positioning it as an enterprise system for building, governing, and optimizing multi-agent AI workflows before they enter production. The announcement is not just another vendor adding...

Microsoft is facing renewed pressure over GitHub Copilot in May 2026 as rival AI coding tools including Cursor, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex reshape developer workflows around autonomous agents rather than autocomplete. That is the factual story; the strategic one is sharper. GitHub gave...

UAE-based Alef Education and TMRW Edtech signed a memorandum of understanding during the Education World Forum in London in May 2026 to explore an AI-powered education ecosystem for schools, governments, and large institutions across the GCC and wider MENA region. The announcement is not just...

Kore.ai launched the Artemis edition of its Agent Platform on May 21, 2026, making Microsoft Azure the first cloud home for a new enterprise system designed to build, govern, and operate multiagent AI workflows. The announcement is less about another chatbot builder than about the next control...

Anthropic is reportedly in early talks as of May 2026 to rent Microsoft Azure servers powered by Microsoft’s Maia 200 AI accelerators, giving the Claude maker another source of inference compute while offering Microsoft a badly needed external showcase for its custom silicon program. The talks...

Kore.ai launched the Artemis edition of its Agent Platform on May 21, 2026, initially on Microsoft Azure, positioning it as a governed enterprise system for building, deploying, and operating multi-agent AI workflows across large organisations. The announcement is less about another chatbot...

Microsoft is reportedly discussing a deal to supply Anthropic with its Maia 200 artificial intelligence chips, after announcing the accelerator in January 2026 and after committing up to $5 billion to Anthropic in a November 2025 cloud and investment partnership. The talks are not just another...

NTT DATA announced on May 18, 2026, from Plano, Texas, that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft partner focused on agentic AI, Azure AI, data engineering, and cloud-native enterprise application development. The transaction is less a...

Microsoft’s Israel country chief reportedly left in May 2026 after months of scrutiny over the company’s Azure and AI work with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, following earlier findings that some Microsoft services had been used in ways that appeared to violate the company’s own rules against...

AI is rewriting smallholder finance by turning satellite, weather, climate, and farm-activity data into risk signals that lenders and insurers can use, with eSusFarm’s Azure-backed platform bringing USSD registration, parametric insurance, mobile-money payouts, and credit-readiness tools to...

Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 at Open Source Summit North America in Minneapolis on May 18, 2026, turning its formerly container-focused Azure Linux work into a supported, general-purpose server distribution for Azure virtual machines while separating container hosting into Azure Container...

Microsoft and Meta are the two AI-heavy megacap stocks being pitched on May 18, 2026, as likely to show investor-visible returns from enormous data-center and model spending sooner than skeptics expect, thanks to Azure growth, Copilot adoption, advertising gains, and Meta AI rollout. That is the...

NTT DATA said on May 18, 2026, that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Santa Clara-based WinWire, a Microsoft-focused services partner specializing in agentic AI, Azure AI, data engineering, and cloud-native application development. The deal is not just another systems-integrator...

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella visited New Zealand on April 21, 2026, where Microsoft highlighted Beca’s Azure-powered BEYON digital twin platform and AI assistant for querying the New Zealand Geotechnical Database in natural language. The story is not simply that another professional...