Microsoft

Microsoft is a global software, cloud and AI company whose robotics work sits mainly in research, developer tools and cloud infrastructure. Its physical-AI efforts include robotics models, simulation workflows and Azure-based systems for training and deploying robot intelligence.

Facts

Segment: AI Compute
Country: United States
Founded: 1975
Ticker: MSFT
Website: https://www.microsoft.com

Market context

Microsoft is a major infrastructure provider for embodied AI, building foundation models that connect large-scale AI systems to physical robotics applications.

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Products

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Financials

MSFT - NASDAQ - USD

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1 commercial event; 1 contract award; 1 named customer; $159M disclosed obligated value; latest event 2025-09-08

2025-09-08 - Contract award - Anduril wins $159 million Army mixed-reality contract - U.S. Army - Military mixed reality prototyping - $159M obligated - source: anduril.com

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Timeline

2026-05-22 - Partnership - Kawasaki opens Physical AI Center San Jose with AI and technology partners - The center is intended to accelerate social implementation of physical AI in robotics. Kawasaki named healthcare, elder care, mobility, semiconductors and automotive as starting application areas. Kawasaki described collaboration themes with NVIDIA, Analog… - source: khi.co.jp
2026-01-27 - Partnership - Richtech Robotics collaborates with Microsoft to bring agentic AI into real-world robotics applications - Richtech Robotics announced a collaboration with Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs to enhance ADAM and extend agentic AI into physical commercial environments. The company framed the effort as a joint engineering program rather than a simple software… - source: ir.richtechrobotics.com
2026-01-07 - Partnership - Hexagon Robotics Partners with Microsoft Azure to Advance Industrial Humanoid AI - • Hexagon Robotics announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to advance humanoid robots, focusing on data-driven, adaptive manufacturing and scaling physical AI frameworks. • The collaboration aims to provide production-ready humanoid solutions for… - source: hexagon.com

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Team

Satya Nadella - Chairman & CEO

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Relations

Kawasaki Robotics - Cloud And AI Platform Partner - Kawasaki is working with Microsoft on cloud and AI platform support for real-world physical-AI solution deployment.
Richtech Robotics - Technology Partner - Richtech Robotics collaborated with Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs.
Accenture plc - Microsoft Fabric Analytics - Microsoft Fabric used to compare operational scenarios and KPIs in Accenture–Schaeffler industrial automation proof-of-concept.

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