Microsoft’s annual developer convention kicks off at the moment in Seattle, Washington, throughout the identical week Google hosts its personal I/O developer occasion in Mountain View, California. Construct will likely be centered on Microsoft’s newest platform modifications for builders, together with new AI bulletins which are certain to go head-to-head with Google’s personal information.
Microsoft is streaming Construct on-line freed from cost and builders, college students, and engineers will even be capable of attend the in-person occasion at Seattle’s convention heart. I’m anticipating Microsoft to focus largely on AI this yr, with emphasis on its push for AI brokers that Microsoft envisions working alongside people as digital colleagues.
We may additionally get some information on Microsoft’s plans to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI mannequin. I revealed in my Notepad e-newsletter earlier this month that Microsoft is in discussions with xAI to host the Grok AI mannequin on its Azure AI Foundry service, with a possible announcement at Construct this week.
Maybe we’ll additionally see OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seem at Construct, similar to he did final yr. In Notepad earlier this yr I revealed that OpenAI had been planning to launch its GPT-5 mannequin in late Might, however sources acquainted with OpenAI’s plans inform me that’s much less possible now resulting from service modifications and up to date delays affecting the launch of different fashions. Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are all the time eager to indicate that the partnership between the 2 firms stays robust — amid media stories of tensions — with the pair posing for a selfie earlier this month.
Nadella will kick off all of Microsoft’s AI bulletins at 9AM PT / 12PM ET on Might nineteenth, adopted by a day two technical keynote hosted by Jay Parikh, Charles Lamanna, and Scott Guthrie.
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The keynote for Microsoft Construct 2025 will begin at 9AM PT / 12PM ET on Might nineteenth.
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