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Satya Nadella reinvented Microsoft with the cloud - now, can his AI strategy make it more valuable than Apple by 2027
Microsoft, under CEO Satya Nadella, is aiming to strengthen its AI growth story amidst rising competition. The company is moving from fixed subscription pricing to usage-based billing to better align with AI economics. While Microsoft's Copilot has gained users, its adoption is still below expectations compared to Office 365.
Before Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas built a Twitter search tool that changed his startup's direction
Aravind Srinivas and his co-founders experimented with a Twitter search tool before focusing on Perplexity's web search product. An unexpected response to a feature that summarised social media profiles helped shape their next move, eventually leading to a broader mission centred on knowledge and curiosity.
Microsoft now treats AI agents as insiders risks that could go rogue
The company’s new security tools give every AI agent a risk score that keeps updating, and they cut back the agent’s access when that score rises. Microsoft says agents can make mistakes, be manipulated or be compromised, like any other insider.
Rising AI costs force companies to cap spending, says Goldman Sachs
In ‘Connecting the Dots’ report, Goldman Sachs highlights how businesses are controlling AI bills by setting usage limits, removing tools that increase consumption and turning to smaller AI models.
Microsoft pushes AI vision with new, expensive Surface laptop
Microsoft is pushing a "hybrid intelligence" future with a new Surface Ultra laptop that runs on Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips and will cost more than $2,500, the company announced Wednesday. The new Surface Ultra will use Nvidia's state-of-the-art AI chip, RTX Spark, which the semiconductor giant announced earlier this year.
Lessons from Chinese AI Firms on Owning Customers’ Habits
As U.S. AI firms compete in an escalating race for superior models, bigger benchmarks, and more advanced features, Chinese companies are pursuing a fundamentally different strategy: embedding AI into users’ everyday habits. The authors argue that this “habit moat” approach may prove more durable than competing on raw capability alone. Whereas Western firms position AI as a destination consumers consciously visit, companies like Alibaba integrate AI into existing routines such as shopping, payments, food delivery, and travel booking, reducing friction until using AI becomes automatic behavior. Once AI capabilities become “good enough,” marginal technical improvements matter less than becoming the default path through recurring customer tasks. The authors outline four strategic imperatives for Western leaders: focus on behavioral cues rather than feature gaps, subsidize customer behavior instead of subscriptions, embed AI invisibly into existing workflows, and optimize for repeat usage rather than first-time adoption. The central warning is stark: AI may not replace employees first—it may instead capture the critical customer moments businesses currently own.
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Microsoft integrates Word, Excel deeper into Copilot
On the billing side, a Copilot subscription for $30 per user per month provides access to basic AI features, such as data analysis or document drafting. "That is the AI that you should give to everyone" in your company, Andreou said.
Microsoft revamps Copilot with code generation, agentic AI tools
Microsoft is racing to expand Copilot beyond its chat-based roots to boost adoption as itcompetes with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude.
GitHub outage: Website, API, Actions and Copilot affected as users report widespread issues
On August 17, 2026, GitHub suffered an extensive outage that disrupted key services. Users encountered significant performance issues on both the website and API, leading to higher error rates across experiences. Critical components like authentication systems and GitHub Copilot were also impacted. GitHub promptly initiated an investigation to understand and rectify the ongoing incidents affecting their services.
Indian IT ahead of world in co-creating with AI: GitHub COO
India has emerged as GitHub's fastest-growing developer hub and innovation lab, with the Microsoft-owned platform projecting it to have more than 57.5 million users in the country by 2030, surpassing the US. From student skilling to enterprise AI adoption, GitHub is doubling down on its India-first strategy, chief operating officer Kyle Daigle told ET.
AI agents are shaping the future of developer tooling: Satya Nadella
Nadella reflected on the history of developer tools from Assembly to Lex and YACC. “Back then, compilers helped us move from machine code to code as codegen. Now, we’re seeing agents generating code and the cognition around programming itself is shifting,” he said in a fireside chat at the GitHub Universe 2025 event in San Francisco, California.
GitHub projects 57.5 million developers in India by 2030, overtaking US
The country added over 5 million developers this year alone, accounting for more than 14% of all new accounts globally, and is on track to account for one in every three new developers on GitHub by 2030, according to the GitHub Octoverse 2025 report published Tuesday.
Musk's xAI forays into agentic coding with new model
XAI's model, called grok-code-fast-1, would be available for free for a limited time, with select launch partners including GitHub Copilot and Windsurf.
‘Don’t think much about him’: OpenAI’s Sam Altman plays down Elon Musk’s GPT-5 criticism
Altman described the billionaire Elon Musk as someone who tweets constantly and has been openly critical of OpenAI’s products and services.
Elon Musk vs Satya Nadella: Billionaire mocks Microsoft after GPT-5 launch
The AI race intensifies as OpenAI launches GPT-5, integrated across Microsoft platforms, hailed by Satya Nadella as a major advancement. Elon Musk dismisses it, asserting his Grok 4 surpasses it, sparking a public exchange. Nadella responds with competitive enthusiasm, welcoming Grok 4 on Azure and anticipating future innovations in the ongoing AI quest.
OpenAI launches GPT-5 in GitHub Copilot public preview —the biggest leap yet in AI coding assistants?
OpenAI GPT-5 is now available in public preview for GitHub Copilot, bringing a major upgrade to how developers code with AI. With smarter suggestions, faster responses, and deeper understanding, GPT-5 makes coding easier for professionals and beginners alike. This update is part of Microsoft’s broader rollout across Copilot tools in GitHub, Microsoft 365, and Azure. Whether you're building apps, debugging, or exploring new languages, GPT-5 now acts like a real coding partner—right inside your tools.
Microsoft and Replit partner to scale AI-led app development
Microsoft has partnered with Replit to bring AI-driven vibe coding—building software through natural language prompts to enterprise clients. The deal gives Replit access to Microsoft’s customer base and infrastructure, while strengthening Microsoft’s AI development tools. Replit’s browser-native platform streamlines app creation and is used by teams at Google, Coinbase, and others.
GitHub launches new AI coding agent that fixes bugs
Copilot helps developers write code—it suggests lines of code or even whole functions while typing. In its latest upgrade, the AI agent will be more active, like a mini-assistant, for the developer. Instead of passively suggesting code, the agent will understand and act on goals.
Coforge expands collaboration with Microsoft to drive developer productivity
Coforge expands its partnership with Microsoft, leveraging GitHub Copilot to modernize legacy applications, train over 10,000developers, and enhance AI-driven productivity across industries.
India to turn largest hub of software developers by 2027: Thomas Dohmke, CEO, GitHub
"Developers drive GDP growth and technological progress to the tune of trillions of US dollars. And the opportunity goes further because software developers are adopting AI faster than any other sector of the global workforce," Thomas Dohmke said.
AI coding startup Magic seeks $1.5-billion valuation in new funding round
Magic, a U.S. startup, is raising $200 million for AI software development without revenue. Investors are funding coding assistants like GitHub Copilot. Paris-based Poolside AI also trains large language models. Magic's unique design surpasses transformer models, focusing on long-context windows for data processing.
India may lead the charge in global AI landscape: GitHub CEO
According to GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke, India has the potential to surge to the forefront of the global AI landscape, driven by its rapidly expanding community of software developers. By 2027, this community is projected to surpass the United States as the world's largest, aligning with the transformative era of AI. Currently, India boasts 15.4 million active developers on the Microsoft-owned platform, marking a substantial 33% year-on-year growth.
Cognizant purchases 25K Copilot Seats from Microsoft
Besides internal usage, Cognizant will work to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot to a million users within their global 2000 clients and across 11 industries.
Prompt in progress: GenAI text-to-code tools boost productivity
Gen AI text-to-code tools hold promise of up to a 50% gain in productivity. Top IT firms are also embracing them for efficiency. But as Himanshi Lohchab and Beena Parmar find, the road to large-scale adoption is still dotted with caution.
Momentum around developers, development in India unbelievable: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Nadella also spoke about unlocking productivity across business with Microsoft Copilot, building transformation AI solutions with Microsoft Azure, and on AI safety.
GitHub’s AI chatbot now available to all users globally
Copilot Chat is now available as part of paid tiers and free for verified teachers, students and maintainers of certain open source projects, reports TechCrunch.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: AI Assistant can attend meetings for you, check launch date and other features
Microsoft is preparing for the launch of its latest AI assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot, integrated within its Office applications, enabling users to harness AI capabilities for a range of tasks.
Tech Layoffs: Microsoft-owned GitHub to shed 10% employees, will close all offices
GitHub, which has about 3,000 employees, will also continue its hiring freeze and make a number of other internal changes to “protect the short-term health” of its business, according to a report by technology news site TechCrunch.
Microsoft attracting users to its code-writing, generative AI software
Microsoft Corp on Tuesday aimed to assure investors that its big bet on artificial intelligence (AI) is paying off, even as economic turbulence is making Microsoft customers scrutinize their cloud spend.
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