P.01Microsoft's $2.5B Frontier Company Is a Bet That AI Pilots Need Bodies, Not Just Better Models
Microsoft launched Frontier Company on July 2, 2026: $2.5 billion and 6,000 engineers embedded in clients to get AI projects into production. AWS, Anthropic, and OpenAI launched similar units this year. Here's what it means for teams buying, building, or selling AI work.
