Articles about enterprise AI

Microsoft unveils $2.5B ‘Frontier Company’ to embed AI engineers inside customers

“Microsoft Frontier Company” is a $2.5 billion initiative that will embed engineers inside customer organizations to build and run their AI systems. The move follows similar efforts by Amazon, OpenAI and Anthropic, and expands work Microsoft was already doing through its consulting arm and partners. Read More

After hiring AWS exec and raising $107M seed round, Virginia startup plants flag in Seattle area

Virginia-based AI startup Trase is expanding its presence in the Seattle region, with plans to grow from about 20 employees… Read More

Two pizzas and a prototype: How agentic AI is rewiring Amazon’s teams and upending its traditions

Swami Sivasubramanian runs dozens of small teams building agentic AI tools and products inside Amazon Web Services. They’ve been using the tools themselves to quietly change how they work — starting with one of Amazon’s most sacred processes. Read More

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Foundation Models Go Vertical | Ascend (Seattle Tech Week)

A Seattle Tech Week panel on the future of enterprise AI and what happens as foundation models go vertical. Speakers… Read More

Ex-Icertis executives raise $7.5M for Rivvun, a startup that recovers lost corporate cash

Two former executives from enterprise software giant Icertis have teamed up to launch a new Seattle startup aimed at a multi-trillion-dollar corporate headache. Read More

Iridius, led by Microsoft and AWS vets, raises $8.6M to crack AI’s regulatory compliance bottleneck

Seattle startup Iridius, founded by former Microsoft and AWS leaders, is building software that embeds regulatory compliance into AI systems as they run. Accenture is both an investor and a strategic partner. Read More

OpenAI sees ‘staggering’ demand for Amazon offering, says Microsoft partnership held it back

OpenAI’s chief revenue officer touted the AWS alliance as a key enterprise growth driver, saying that the Microsoft relationship has constrained the company’s reach into big business. Read More

Microsoft 365 Copilot and the end of the single-model era in enterprise AI

Microsoft’s decision to have GPT and Claude check each other’s work inside Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher agent signals a broader shift: the single-model era in enterprise AI may be over. Read More

GPT drafts, Claude critiques: Microsoft blends rival AI models in new Copilot upgrade

Microsoft is using Anthropic’s Claude to fact-check work done by OpenAI’s GPT inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, blending its new and old AI partnerships as it tries to accelerate adoption of its AI assistant for business. Read More

Microsoft CTO to AI startups: Stop waiting for better models and ‘do the damned experiments’

Kevin Scott says today’s AI tools are already powerful enough to most startup surprise founders. But extracting their value requires unglamorous product work, real customer feedback, and a willingness to experiment. Read More

Cisco to acquire Seattle-area AI startup NeuralFabric, expanding push into enterprise generative AI

Cisco is acquiring NeuralFabric, a Seattle-area AI startup founded by former Microsoft engineers that builds back-end software for companies to develop and deploy their own generative AI models. The deal strengthens Cisco’s push into enterprise AI; terms weren’t disclosed. Read More

With latest AI voice features, WellSaid Labs bets on a careful approach in a buzzy industry

Bellevue-based WellSaid Labs is sharpening its focus on enterprise and regulated industries with new AI voice tools, including its next-generation Caruso model and redesigned Studio platform — taking a more measured approach than rivals chasing attention and controversy. Read More

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Microsoft unveils $2.5B ‘Frontier Company’ to embed AI engineers inside customers

Two pizzas and a prototype: How agentic AI is rewiring Amazon’s teams and upending its traditions

Foundation Models Go Vertical | Ascend (Seattle Tech Week)

Ex-Icertis executives raise $7.5M for Rivvun, a startup that recovers lost corporate cash

Iridius, led by Microsoft and AWS vets, raises $8.6M to crack AI’s regulatory compliance bottleneck

Microsoft 365 Copilot and the end of the single-model era in enterprise AI

GPT drafts, Claude critiques: Microsoft blends rival AI models in new Copilot upgrade

Microsoft CTO to AI startups: Stop waiting for better models and ‘do the damned experiments’

Cisco to acquire Seattle-area AI startup NeuralFabric, expanding push into enterprise generative AI

With latest AI voice features, WellSaid Labs bets on a careful approach in a buzzy industry

Centific, a Seattle-area AI services startup and Nvidia partner, lands $60M

GeekWire Podcast: Box CEO Aaron Levie on AI agents, enterprise data, and the future of work

Box tightens Microsoft ties with new Copilot integration, builds out its own suite of AI agents

Nadella and Zuckerberg: Microsoft and Meta see surge in AI-generated code at their own companies

GeekWire Podcast: AI teammates, a fully remote unicorn, and the new world of work

Meet your new AI teammate: Microsoft sees humans as ‘agent bosses,’ upending the workplace