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 2026product
  Microsoft held Build 2026 in San Francisco on June 2–3. CEO Satya Nadella unveiled the Majorana 2 quantum chip, seven new MAI in-house AI models (including MAI Thinking-1, its first reasoning model), the Scout personal AI assistant, a Surface mini PC for AI developers, and Project Solara — an Android-based OS for AI-agent gadgets. Microsoft also announced Microsoft Execution Containers for secure AI-agent sandboxing. theverge.com
• Jun 2026investment
  Microsoft AI struck a deal with the Mayo Clinic to build frontier healthcare AI, combining Microsoft's reasoning and compute capabilities with Mayo Clinic's clinical expertise and data. The partnership was announced at Build 2026 by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. reuters.com
• Jun 2026product
  Microsoft revealed Majorana 2, a new quantum computing chip it says will enable useful quantum systems by 2029. Nadella held the chip on stage during the Build 2026 keynote. cnet.com
• Jun 2026product
  ServiceNow expanded its AI agent governance integration with Microsoft, with ServiceNow AI specialists set to become available in the Microsoft Agent 365 marketplace. techpartner.news
• Apr 2026press
  Microsoft unveiled 'Elevate for Changemakers' at a nonprofit summit, developed with LinkedIn and NetHope. The program commits over $5 billion in grants and resources to integrate AI credentials into global nonprofit work. blog.mean.ceo
• Apr 2026leadership
  Peter Lenke, former head of Atlassian Ventures, joined M12 — Microsoft's venture fund — as managing partner, with a focus on AI, enterprise, and the application layer. globalventuring.com
• Jul 2026investment
  Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Company, a $2.5B investment unit embedding 6,000 industry and AI engineering experts inside customer organizations to co-design and deploy AI systems. Rodrigo Kede Lima, previously leading Microsoft's Asia business, will serve as president. The unit consolidates existing field delivery engineers, technical consultants, support staff, and salespeople with industry expertise. cnbc.com
• Jun 2026leadership
  Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn's co-founder and long-standing Microsoft board member, decided not to stand for re-election at the 2026 annual shareholder meeting. reuters.com
• Jun 2026product
  At Microsoft Build 2026 in San Francisco, CEO Satya Nadella unveiled seven new MAI models including MAI-Thinking-1, Microsoft's first in-house reasoning model, which matched Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 in benchmarks. Nadella also introduced the Majorana 2 quantum computing chip on stage. cnet.com
• Jun 2026product
  Microsoft announced Project Solara at Build 2026, a new OS built specifically for devices running AI agents, alongside Microsoft Execution Containers — a system for creating secure sandboxed environments to run AI agents, developed with OpenClaw. theverge.com
• Jun 2026press
  Microsoft announced a partnership with Mayo Clinic to build frontier healthcare AI, combining Microsoft's reasoning and compute capabilities with Mayo Clinic's clinical expertise and data. The deal was announced at Build 2026 and grew out of direct meetings between CEO Satya Nadella and Mayo Clinic CEO Gianrico Farrugia. reuters.com
• Jun 2026product
  New Azure Cobalt 200 VMs launched at Build 2026, delivering a claimed 50% performance improvement over prior generations and optimized for agentic AI workloads. Microsoft also announced preview availability of Azure Lasv5 and Laosv5 VMs based on AMD EPYC 'Turin' processors. news.microsoft.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
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/microsoft-commits-2point5-billion-6000-employees-ai-implementation-unit.html
• https://www.reuters.com/business/linkedin-co-founder-reid-hoffman-step-down-microsofts-board-2026-06-05/
• https://www.cnet.com/news-live/microsoft-build-2026-news-ai-copilot/
• https://www.theverge.com/tech/941668/microsoft-build-may-2026-live-news-updates
• https://www.reuters.com/world/china/microsoft-expected-showcase-new-pc-cloud-ai-tools-developer-conference-2026-06-02/
• https://news.microsoft.com/build-2026/
• https://www.geekwire.com/2026/linkedin-ceo-change-daniel-shapero-takes-the-helm-as-ryan-roslansky-broadens-microsoft-role/
• https://www.techpartner.news/tag/microsoft
• https://blog.mean.ceo/microsoft-linkedin-news-april-2026/
• https://globalventuring.com/corporate/people/microsoft-hires-new-managing-partner-for-vc-fund/

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• Databricks · Data + AI platform, San Francisco·
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