Microsoft Corporation announced the launch of a new business unit, Microsoft Frontier Company, focused on implementing artificial intelligence systems for corporate customers. The company invests $2.5 billion in the project and will form a team of 6,000 engineers and industry experts to assist businesses with AI integration and evaluate the effectiveness of such investments.

According to CEO of Microsoft Commercial Business Judson Ollthghoff, customers have already moved from experimenting to looking for measurable returns from AI implementations. The new division will help companies build and scale AI systems, combining engineering expertise, industry knowledge, and change management. Among the first partners are LSEG, Unilever, Novo Nordisk and Land O'Lakes, while Microsoft will collaborate with Accenture, Capgemini, EY, KPMG and PwC to scale the project.

Frontier Company’s core principles include protecting customers' corporate data and intellectual property, as well as a multi-model approach: the platform will support solutions from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft AI, open models, and specialized industry development. The launch of the division is taking place against the background of Microsoft’s loss of exclusive rights to host OpenAI models, as well as parallel initiatives: RTX Spark presentations with NVIDIA for local AI agent launches and acceleration of the transition to post-quantum cryptography before 2029.