Inside Microsoft’s Project Solara: A New Platform for Devices that Run AI Agents Instead of Apps
The chip-to-cloud platform is designed to help developers and enterprises build agent-first devices with stronger privacy, security, and control.
- Microsoft unveiled Project Solara at Build 2026, a chip-to-cloud platform designed for "agent-first devices" that run AI agents instead of traditional applications.
- Aiming to transcend traditional device constraints, Microsoft framed the initiative as a "liminal" operating system where agents mediate users' relationships with software rather than individual applications.
- The platform utilizes "just-in-time UI," allowing agent interfaces to adapt dynamically across device form factors including a wearable badge and desk companion reference design.
- Microsoft is piloting prototype devices with AccuWeather, Best Buy, CVS Health, Levi's, and Target in the coming months to test specialized solutions across retail, healthcare, and services.
- These prototypes serve as reference designs enabling OEMs to develop specialized solutions across industry segments, though Microsoft has historically struggled to establish footholds beyond traditional computing.
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