Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation builds AI-powered platforms and tools spanning productivity software, cloud services, operating systems, devices and gaming. Founded in 1975, the company now works across artificial intelligence, cloud computing, operating systems, productivity software, gaming platforms, hardware and software development, with a presence in every country on the planet.

Its product portfolio includes Microsoft 365, a productivity and collaboration suite; Azure, a cloud computing services platform; Windows, operating system software for personal computers; Surface, a line of computing devices; and Xbox, a gaming platform and ecosystem. Copilot, an AI-powered assistant, is integrated across these products.

The company describes its mission as empowering every person and every organisation on the planet, a broadening of its founding vision of putting a personal computer on every desk and in every home. Its stated culture rests on a growth mindset - treating potential as developable rather than fixed - and on the view that companies able to do more should do more.

Microsoft sets out four enduring commitments: expanding economic opportunity and growth for all, creating a safe and responsible digital world, supporting and advancing people's fundamental rights, and advancing sustainability. A philosophy of responsibility is described as running through both product development and corporate responsibility initiatives.