Microsoft launches AI professional services unit with $2.5B investment and 6,000 staff
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Microsoft has launched a new AI-focused professional services business called "The Microsoft Frontier Company" with an initial $2.5 billion investment. The venture is staffed by 6,000 industry and engineering experts and is led by Microsoft executive Rodrigo Kede Lima, formerly president of an unspecified division. The company aims to help organizations build and manage AI applications.
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· 4 pulledMicrosoft Corp. has formed a new business that will help organizations build and manage artificial intelligence applications.
The Microsoft Frontier Company, as the venture is called, launched today with an initial $2.5 billion investment from the tech giant.
It's staffed by 6,000 'industry and engineering experts.'
The group is led by Microsoft Corp. executive Rodrigo Kede Lima, who was previously the president of
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