Microsoft 2.5: Superintelligence leader Ali Farhadi points company toward AI self-sufficiency

Ali Farhadi, now a Microsoft corporate vice president of AI, at a Technology Alliance event in May 2024. (GeekWire File Photo) GeekWire is profiling over the next few weeks some of the people and teams that are shaping the evolution of Microsoft in what we’re calling its “Microsoft 2.5” era . From AI Frontier Lab to Frontier Ecosystem : Microsoft got a foothold in AI thanks largely to its partnership with OpenAI.