Microsoft

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Microsoft Corporation, public tech company, founded 1975 by Bill Gates, headquartered in Redmond, Washington. It operates across cloud (Azure), productivity software (Microsoft 365), and AI (Copilot), with 228,000 employees and $190 billion in planned capital expenditure for calendar year 2026. Its LinkedIn subsidiary, with 1.3 billion members, accounts for roughly 6.3% of annual revenue and is pushing hard into AI-driven hiring tools.

Key facts

Founded

1975

Founders

William H. Gates III

Employees

228000

Sectors

saas, ai, enterprise, hardware, security

Website

www.microsoft.com

Mission

Microsoft builds AI-first cloud infrastructure, productivity software, and professional network products for enterprises and individuals worldwide, with Azure, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and LinkedIn as its primary commercial engines.

Recent activity

• Jun 2026leadership
  Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder and Microsoft board member since 2017, will not stand for re-election at the 2026 annual shareholder meeting. He told Satya Nadella he's returning to 'founder mode' to focus on cancer drug-discovery work. geekwire.com
• Jun 2026product
  Microsoft Build 2026 ran June 2–3 in San Francisco. Key announcements included Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 (GA), merging Semantic Kernel and AutoGen; Microsoft Scout, an always-on autonomous agent in Frontier preview; Work IQ APIs going generally available June 16; and the MAI model family trained on Microsoft's own silicon. linkedin.com
• Jun 2026press
  Satya Nadella sat for a Stratechery interview on June 4 discussing Microsoft's core competencies as the company reshapes around AI agents. x.com
• Jun 2026product
  Microsoft made announcements at Computex 2026 alongside NVIDIA, AMD, and Qualcomm, covering AI and hardware. linkedin.com
• Jun 2026investment
  M12, Microsoft's venture arm, hired Alessandro Levi as investment partner. He'll focus on AI, deep tech, and semiconductors. Levi previously invested in early-stage physical science technologies at Longview Innovation. globalventuring.com
• Feb 2026product
  Microsoft announced Copilot Cowork for Microsoft 365, an agentic feature that converts a user request into a multi-step plan and executes it across M365 apps and files. Output saves directly to OneDrive within the tenant's security boundary. linkedin.com
• Early 2026investment
  Coca-Cola committed $1.1B to the Microsoft Cloud and its generative AI capabilities in an expanded partnership. x.com
• Early 2026press
  Satya Nadella announced a quantum computing milestone — a claimed new state of matter after nearly 20 years of research. Community notes on X flagged that the supporting Nature paper does not confirm a topological qubit was created. x.com
• May 2026leadership
  LinkedIn cut jobs as part of Microsoft's broader workforce reshaping for the AI era, with cuts hitting Australia and other markets — adding to over 92,000 tech industry layoffs industrywide in 2026. bloomberg.com
• May 2026press
  Microsoft confirmed $190 billion in capital expenditures planned for calendar year 2026, up 61% from 2025, signalling a major AI infrastructure bet. Bill Ackman's Pershing Square disclosed a new MSFT position, calling the stock 'a highly compelling valuation.' finance.yahoo.com
• May 2026product
  Microsoft introduced a three-year purchasing option for Microsoft 365 Copilot in CSP, aligning it with existing M365 E3/E5 long-term SKUs. learn.microsoft.com
• May 2026investment
  Microsoft's M12 venture fund invested in AI startup Inception's $50 million seed round (late 2025), and Microsoft is now in active acquisition talks with Inception — valued at over $1 billion — as it prepares for a future less dependent on OpenAI. reuters.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Satya Nadella · CEO
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• Kathleen T. Hogan · COO
• John W. Thompson · Board Member
• Reid G. Hoffman · Board Member
• Charles H. Noski · Board Member
• Mustafa Suleyman · CEO
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• Amy Hood · CFO
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• Kevin Scott · CTO & EVP of AI
• Brad Smith · Vice Chair & President
• Phil Spencer · CEO of Microsoft Gaming
• Charlie Bell · EVP of Security

Sources

• LinkedIn names insider Daniel Shapero as new CEO | Reuters
• LinkedIn Cuts Jobs as Microsoft Streamlines Workforce for AI Growth - Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI | Reuters
• Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is suddenly bullish on OpenAI partner Microsoft
• Microsoft Makes Sweeping Overhaul of HR Organization - Business Insider
• Microsoft's Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle | The Verge
• May 2026 announcements - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn
• The Official Microsoft Blog
• https://www.geekwire.com/2026/linkedin-co-founder-reid-hoffman-to-leave-microsoft-board-after-nearly-a-decade/
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/emilielundblad_the-dust-has-not-settled-yet-on-microsoft-activity-7468908034606444544-nuQ6?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAGmT6yQBGG4YYwTjCLxoEynAEEgMTeEZ-_w
• https://x.com/stratechery/status/2062474450482716794
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/patmoorhead_computex2026-activity-7467218671728230400-u333?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAGmT6yQBGG4YYwTjCLxoEynAEEgMTeEZ-_w
• https://globalventuring.com/corporate/people/microsoft-venture-arm-hires-new-investment-partner/
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/satyanadella_announcing-copilot-cowork-a-new-way-to-complete-activity-7436758383287746560-wDvL
• https://x.com/MSFTnews
• https://x.com/satyanadella

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