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Microsoft will increase its reliance on homegrown artificial intelligence chips starting with the third-generation Maia accelerator, a move designed to reduce dependence on Nvidia graphics processing units while bolstering the company's AI infrastructure.
The shift follows years of reliance on Nvidia hardware to handle incoming requests across the software giant's cloud and software services.
The company's Azure cloud remains a central strength, hosting models for clients and powering AI features in Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot.
Although Microsoft develops in-house models, they have not yet achieved the market dominance seen with OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google.
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