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Microsoft Frontier Company is the tag for coverage of Microsoft's forward-deployed engineering push in enterprise AI. The tagged discussion examines the consulting model Microsoft has adopted, in which vendor or partner engineers are embedded inside a customer's organization to build and tune AI workflows. It frames the trend skeptically, drawing on reporting about the practice and asking what buyers should weigh before signing. Recurring themes include contract and exit planning, the risks of relying on vendor-supplied engineers, and how this sales strategy fits alongside Microsoft's broader enterprise AI and cloud offerings.
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    Microsoft Frontier Company and AI Forward-Deployed Engineers: Buyer Risks and Exit Checklist

    Forward-deployed engineering (FDE) is the AI consulting model with a name borrowed from Palantir. It is now the centerpiece of Microsoft's enterprise AI sales strategy, and The Register's Simon Sharwood has published a skeptical look at the trend. The skepticism is warranted. The practice is...
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