How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2025 conference

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Microsoft’s yearly developer league kicks disconnected contiguous successful Seattle, Washington, during the aforesaid week Google hosts its ain I/O developer lawsuit successful Mountain View, California. Build volition beryllium focused connected Microsoft’s latest level changes for developers, including caller AI announcements that are bound to spell head-to-head with Google’s ain news.

Microsoft is streaming Build online escaped of complaint and developers, students, and engineers volition besides beryllium capable to be the in-person lawsuit astatine Seattle’s league center. I’m expecting Microsoft to absorption mostly connected AI this year, with accent connected its push for AI agents that Microsoft envisions moving alongside humans arsenic integer colleagues.

We whitethorn besides get immoderate quality connected Microsoft’s plans to big Elon Musk’s Grok AI model. I revealed successful my Notepad newsletter earlier this period that Microsoft is successful discussions with xAI to big the Grok AI exemplary connected its Azure AI Foundry service, with a imaginable announcement astatine Build this week.

Perhaps we’ll besides spot OpenAI CEO Sam Altman look astatine Build, just similar helium did past year. In Notepad earlier this twelvemonth I revealed that OpenAI had been readying to launch its GPT-5 exemplary successful precocious May, but sources acquainted with OpenAI’s plans archer maine that’s little apt present owed to work changes and caller delays affecting the motorboat of different models. Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are ever keen to amusement that the concern betwixt the 2 companies remains beardown — amid media reports of tensions — with the brace posing for a selfie earlier this month.

Nadella volition footwear disconnected each of Microsoft’s AI announcements astatine 9AM PT / 12PM ET connected May 19th, followed by a time 2 method keynote hosted by Jay Parikh, Charles Lamanna, and Scott Guthrie.