Microsoft Research
To advance the state of the art in computing and solve difficult world problems through technological innovation and collaboration.
At a Glance
- Fortune 500 Enterprises
- Software Developers
- Healthcare Institutions
- Academic Researchers
AI Tools by Microsoft Research
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Skill Recorder
Work Session to AI Skill Recorder
Ontology Playground
Ontology Design and Explorer Tool
Flint Chart
AI Chart Spec Language for Agents
AutoGen
Open Source Multi-Agent Framework
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Products & Services
An open-source desktop tool that records work sessions and uses GitHub Copilot to transform them into editable procedures and skills for AI agents.
A series of small language models (SLMs) designed for high performance on smaller compute footprints.
An agentic AI platform for R&D enabling researchers to collaborate with specialized AI agents and a graph-based knowledge engine.
An ambient listening and documentation tool for healthcare providers to automate patient encounter notes.
Market Position
Leading industrial research organization bridging basic science and product implementation, leveraging the massive compute and data resources of Microsoft Azure.
Leadership
Founders
Nathan Myhrvold
Former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft; founder of Intellectual Ventures.
Richard (Rick) Rashid
Computer scientist who previously led research at Carnegie Mellon University; served as Senior Vice President of Research at Microsoft.
Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft and former CEO.
Executive Team
Peter Lee
President, Microsoft Research / Microsoft Science
Leads Microsoft Research and its global laboratories; former head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
Kevin Scott
Executive Vice President of AI and Chief Technology Officer
Oversees Microsoft's technical vision, AI strategy, and research labs.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded in 1991 by Rick Rashid, Bill Gates, and Nathan Myhrvold with the vision of creating a basic research lab within a software company to ensure long-term technical strength and innovation.
Business Model
Revenue Model
As a division of Microsoft, MSR is funded internally through R&D budgets. However, it drives revenue via Azure consumption, software licenses (Copilot), and specialized enterprise AI tools.
Pricing Tiers
Distributed under the MIT License via GitHub.
Commercial add-on for Microsoft 365 subscriptions; integrated with MSR-developed AI.
Consumption-based pricing for API access to models like GPT-4 and Phi.
Target Markets
- Fortune 500 Enterprises
- Software Developers
- Healthcare Institutions
- Academic Researchers
- Enterprise workflow automation
- Medical research and clinical documentation
- Embodied AI and robotics
- Scientific discovery through agentic AI
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