Microsoft instructs engineers working on AI infrastructure to prepare for the host Elon MuskAI GROK model, according to a trusted source familiar with plans. In recent weeks, Microsoft has talked to XAI to host the GROK AI model and make it available to clients and its own Microsoft teams via Azure Cloud. This movement can be controversial internally and additionally ignites tension with the Microsoft OpenAI partner.
I was told that if the contract persists, the grok would be available at Azure Ai Foundry, the AI Microsoft programming platform, which provides programmers with access to AI services, tools and models pre -built to build AI applications and agents. This will allow programmers to exploit groc and exploit it in their applications, as well as Microsoft potentially exploit the AI model in their own applications and services. Microsoft refused to comment on this story.
Microsoft during the last year constantly develops its activities Azure Ai Foundry and quickly accepts models from various AI laboratories that compete with the Microsoft OpenAI partner. Deepseek, a Chinese startup that shook the world of artificial intelligence at the beginning of this year, forced Microsoft to quickly move to the Supercheap R1 model. The implementation of Deepseek on Azure AI was extremely rapid for Microsoft, as I reported earlier Notebookwith Microsoft CEO Satya nadella Moving with hurry so that engineers to test and implement R1 within a few days.
I understand that Nadella is pushing to Microsoft to the guests of the grok, because Microsoft is gladly perceived as . Hosting supplier for any popular or developing AI models. Azure AI teams from Microsoft still have to implement fresh models or order equipment that unlocks even more AI capabilities, in the Microsoft offer to build the AI platform and transform AI agents into a digital working force.
“All systems we have built for 50 years must apply for AI agents,” said Asha Sharma, vice president of the corporate platform AI Microsoft, in an interview with The Verge last month. “For Azure AI, we are wondering how we are evolving to become an operating system in the back of every agent.”
Providing grocs for programmers via Azure is part of Microsoft’s goal to become an crucial infrastructure and platform behind AI models and AI agents, but this does not mean that AI laboratories turn to Microsoft in terms of their training needs. XAI Chief Elon Musk Apparently canceled A potential server offer worth $ 10 billion from Oracle last year and Posted to X At the time when XAI moves to training its future models “internally” instead of relying on Oracle servers.
It is not clear whether Microsoft will provide the exclusive offer on the hosting of the AI Grok model, or competitors such as Amazon will also be able to host the model. I understand that Microsoft only looks at ensuring the ability to host the GROK model, and not on servers to train future models.
The transfer of Microsoft to the host of the GROK AI Musk model can cause some voltage internally in the company, especially considering his involvement in the controversial project of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). Musk said that this month he would withdraw from his work at Doge, and the announcement of Grok at Azure can come to the Microsoft Build Developer conference on May 19.
In addition to Doge fears, Hosting Grak can also additionally ignite the voltage in Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI. The manufacturer ChatgPT opposed the musk at the beginning of this month to say that the boss of Tesla uses “the tactics of the evil could be slowed to slow down OpenAi.” Elon Musk and Opennai were in a fairly public spat, resulting from sloppy breaking musk from the AI laboratory, which helped coexist.
At the same time, there were many reports with voltages between Microsoft and OpenAI in terms of capacity requirements and access to AI models. Just this week, The Wall Street Journal Reported This general director of Nadella and Openai Altman itself “They are drifting” and employing this nadella Mustafa Suleyman Last year she was an “insurance policy against Altman and OpenAI.”
Suleyman and his team Microsoft AI reportedly worked on building AI models that can compete directly with OpenAI, but without much success. This led to the fact that Microsoft was still relying on Openai for most AI functions in the office and Copilot. I understand that Microsoft also expected the Openai GPT-5 model this month, but the OpenAI schedule has been everywhere in recent weeks with delays to fresh model ads and performance problems after the success of improved image generation. I was told that now it is unlikely that GPT-5 would appear this month.
Hosting Grok on Azure is another clear sign that Microsoft is ready to look for AI models elsewhere. In addition to OPENAI, in addition to OPENAI, belonging to Microsoft Github Copilot already supports models from Anthropic and Google. So it is not unthinkable that one day the main Copilot will also allow you to choose from various competitive AI models, especially if it helps in Microsoft’s ambition in becoming number one place for AI programmers and users.
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