Microsoft's $2.5bn "Frontier Company" puts 6,000 AI engineers inside enterprise clients

Microsoft is launching a $2.5 billion unit called "Frontier Company" that embeds 6,000 AI engineers directly inside enterprise customers' operations. The initiative targets measurable ROI from AI integration into core business processes, moving beyond pilot projects. Microsoft is positioning Frontier Company as a platform-neutral alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic, which push their own proprietary models.

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