Microsoft
Founded Year
1975Stage
IPO | IPODate of IPO
3/13/1986Market Cap
3772.26BStock Price
507.49Revenue
$0000About Microsoft
Microsoft focuses on software, hardware, and services. It offers products in business productivity software, cloud computing services, personal computing devices, and gaming consoles. It serves sectors such as business, education, healthcare, and gaming. It was founded in 1975 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
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Research containing Microsoft
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CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned Microsoft in 75 CB Insights research briefs, most recently on Oct 23, 2025.
Expert Collections containing Microsoft
Expert Collections are analyst-curated lists that highlight the companies you need to know in the most important technology spaces.
Microsoft is included in 19 Expert Collections, including HR Tech.
HR Tech
6,137 items
The HR tech collection includes software vendors that enable companies to develop, hire, manage, and pay their workforces. Focus areas include benefits, compensation, engagement, EORs & PEOs, HRIS & HRMS, learning & development, payroll, talent acquisition, and talent management.
Construction Tech
1,530 items
Companies in the construction tech space, including additive manufacturing, construction management software, reality capture, autonomous heavy equipment, prefabricated buildings, and more
E-Commerce
22 items
Fortune 500 Investor list
590 items
This is a collection of investors named in the 2019 Fortune 500 list of companies. All CB Insights profiles for active investment arms of a Fortune 500 company are included.
Conference Exhibitors
6,062 items
Companies that will be exhibiting at CES 2018
Grid and Utility
2,383 items
Companies that are developing and implementing new technologies to optimize the grid and utility sector. This includes, but is not limited to, distributed energy resources, infrastructure security, utility asset management, grid inspection, energy efficiency, grid storage, etc.
Microsoft Patents
Microsoft has filed 10000 patents.
The 3 most popular patent topics include:
- machine learning
- data management
- natural language processing
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3/31/2021 | 4/8/2025 | Quantum information science, Quantum computing, Quantum mechanics, Quantum algorithms, Coding theory | Grant |
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Related Topics | Quantum information science, Quantum computing, Quantum mechanics, Quantum algorithms, Coding theory |
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Latest Microsoft News
Nov 18, 2025
好一个逻辑闭环！员工用AI工具写绩效报告，公司用AI量化员工的AI能力。 果然push牛马这一块，硅谷还得看 Meta 。 网友也评价道： 工作的工业定义正在被淘汰，努力、时间和个人产出不再是价值的衡量标准。这是对“如何完成工作”这一概念的根本性重塑。 Meta的KPI新规 最近Meta在内部信函中宣布，从2026年起， AI将与员工绩效挂钩 。 Meta将会评估员工使用AI的情况，考察他们如何通过AI提高自己的工作效率，以及是否构建有能够显著提升生产力的工具。 这就意味着，使用AI工具、构建AI功能或者通过AI提升团队生产力将直接影响员工内部评级和奖励。 不过在今年的绩效考核中，这项新规还不会被纳入评分指标，但Meta也鼓励员工在自我评价中报告自己通过AI完成的重要成果，也就是命题小作文—— “AI是如何显著提升我的产出/工作质量” 。（doge） 并且，对于那些在2025年，就把AI用得炉火纯青的员工们，无论是靠AI推动了个人工作成果还是提升了团队业绩，都会给予相应的奖励。 总之，以后 Meta = AI工厂 ，Meta职场守则第一条： AI用得越顺，在Meta就能混得更好。 和老板打好关系，不如“谄媚”AI。 …… （咳咳） 言归正传，Meta这次不仅要革新员工KPI计算方式，还要改变员工如何写自己的KPI报告。 从今年开始，Meta将在内部推出一款AI绩效工具 Metamate ，帮助员工撰写绩效评估内容和反馈。 这是一款类似于ChatGPT的Meta版AI助手，可以直接搜索员工的文件并生成他们的工作成果摘要。 但这个工具并非完全值得信赖，部分体验过这个的Meta员工表示，Metamate有时会因为缺乏对员工的了解，生成不太准确或不完整的总结。 但是用来写 同事评语 ，还是很省事的。 插个题外话，Meta表示旗下员工如果想用 Gemini 写绩效内容也OK。 OMT 老实说，看到是Meta率先搞这一招，其实也并不意外。 要说今年硅谷哪家公司动作最频繁，Meta绝对妥妥第一，先是轰轰烈烈到处挖人才墙角，又是批量裁核心成员。Meta想要 All in AI 的心，路人皆知。 比如说，Meta现在招人，已经开始允许面试者在笔试环节使用AI写代码；内部还会用仪表盘时刻追踪员工的AI使用程度，在某些特定情况下，还会给员工强制设定一个AI使用目标。 为了鼓励员工使用AI，Meta还弄了个“Level Up”的内部激励，在员工使用AI的过程中，一旦达到不同的使用等级，就会收获不同的徽章奖励。 而除了Meta，其它大型科技公司（如微软、Google、亚马逊）也在强硬地将AI融入员工工作中。 例如谷歌正在观察其工程师，每周都借助AI工具节省了多少工作时间，微软也正在尝试和Meta一样将AI使用与绩效评估挂钩，其他公司也陆陆续续在购买软件监控员工的AI依赖程度。 在这些公司里， 使用AI不再是可选项，而是必须要做的内容。 AI绩效似乎已经成为了不可避免的硅谷趋势，但网友们对此也是褒贬不一。 有网友认为，这是正确的变化，可以 激发创造力、提高生产力 。 也有网友表示，这个想法是好的，但直接强硬地将AI使用塞入绩效指标， 可能适得其反 ： 不过换言之， 员工的压力 也会被无限叠buff，原来只需要做完工作就行，现在还要对他们做出来的方式指手画脚，员工的积极性将会备受打击。 所以，你对此有什么看法呢？欢迎在评论区留言讨论～ 参考链接： [1]https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-employee-performance-review-overhaul-2025-11 [2]https://x.com/DavidWall9987/status/1989747600644563310 [3]https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-assistant-helps-employees-performance-reviews-2025-11 [4]https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-tracks-employees-ai-use-creates-game-to-boost-adoption-2025-10 本文来自微信公众号 “量子位” ，作者：鹭羽，36氪经授权发布。 该文观点仅代表作者本人，36氪平台仅提供信息存储空间服务。 量子位 参与评论 评论千万条，友善第一条 登录 后参与讨论 提交评论
Microsoft Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
When was Microsoft founded?
Microsoft was founded in 1975.
Where is Microsoft's headquarters?
Microsoft's headquarters is located at One Microsoft Way, Redmond.
What is Microsoft's latest funding round?
Microsoft's latest funding round is IPO.
Who are the investors of Microsoft?
Investors of Microsoft include ODIN Forvaltning AS, Ventech, Clean Energy Ventures, Yaletown Partners, Giza Venture Capital and 20 more.
Who are Microsoft's competitors?
Competitors of Microsoft include Epic Games, VMware, Equisoft, Slack, Sabio Group and 7 more.
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