All articles tagged with #forward deployed engineering
Microsoft is launching a $2.5 billion Frontier Company to embed engineers inside client organizations to design, deploy and operate AI systems on-site, a move that expands its services beyond selling models and aims to lock in long-term AI adoption; the effort leverages existing consulting arms and faces competition from OpenAI, Anthropic and others while promising data privacy and model-swappability.
Microsoft is launching Frontier Co., a new subsidiary that will embed 6,000 employees across client sites to help deploy AI, backed by a $2.5 billion investment, in a move mirroring similar initiatives from Amazon, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
AWS is launching a $1 billion Forward Deployed Engineering unit to embed engineers inside customer teams, accelerating AI development and deployment with thousands of FDEs and rapid, self-sufficient teams that work alongside AI agents; the move positions AWS among OpenAI and Anthropic in the embedded-services space and targets fast adoption across regulated industries.