Microsoft and Amazon pour billions into forward-deployed engineers as AI arms race enters new phase

Big Tech Sends Workers Into the Field to Help Customers Use AI

Microsoft, Amazon follow AI companies by creating units of “forward-deployed” engineers

Microsoft, AWS deploy engineers to client companies to help adopt AI

AWS and Microsoft want to embed thousands of their own engineers at client companies to help them capitalize on artificial intelligence, which has yet to prove its profitability in the business world. Microsoft announced Thursday the creation of a unit called Microsoft Frontier Company, which is backed by a $2.5 billion investment and brings together 6,000 experts and engineers. The new Microsoft entity comes as rival AWS, the world’s leading cl…

Microsoft and Amazon pour billions into forward-deployed engineers as AI arms race enters new phase

The AI arms race's shift to embedded engineering reshapes tech investment, emphasizing talent acquisition and altering AI revenue models. The post Microsoft and Amazon pour billions into forward-deployed engineers as AI arms race enters new phase appeared first on Crypto Briefing.