Microsoft Is Taking AI Beyond the Data Center, But Its Surface Business Is Just a Small Piece of the Pie — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-is-taking-ai-beyond-the-data-center-but-its-surface-business-is-just-a-small-piece-of-the-pieContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Microsoft Shifts AI Strategy Toward Homegrown Models and Hardwarehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-is-taking-ai-beyond-the-data-center-but-its-surface-business-is-just-a-small-piece-of-the-piehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-is-taking-ai-beyond-the-data-center-but-its-surface-business-is-just-a-small-piece-of-the-pie#u130206Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:31:44 +0000Microsoft is diversifying its AI infrastructure by integrating homegrown MAI models into GitHub Copilot, Excel, and Outlook. Satya Nadella stated the company will use these cheaper, specialized models for routine tasks while reserving OpenAI and Anthropic models for complex workloads. To support this, Microsoft is increasing its reliance on internal Maia chips for AI inference to improve margins. Simultaneously, the company is moving AI to the edge with the Surface Laptop Ultra, an AI-focused device featuring a breakaway USB-C port and collaboration with Nvidia on AI agents.Why it mattersThis