Microsoft announced it will spend 2.5 billion US dollars to establish a new company to help enterprises implement artificial intelligence technology

Microsoft announced the establishment of 'Microsoft Frontier Company', with an initial investment of 2.5 billion US dollars, aimed at helping enterprise customers such as Unilever and Novo Nordisk integrate self-developed and third-party AI tools, and ensuring that the output results are fully owned by the customers without being sent back to Microsoft. This move aims to address the pain points of high costs and long payback cycles for enterprises using multi-source AI technology, and to respond to enterprises' concerns about dependence on a single vendor's technology and data sovereignty.