Technology company founded in 1975, building AI-powered platforms and tools across productivity software, cloud services, operating systems, devices and gaming, including Microsoft 365, Azure, Windows, Surface, Xbox and Copilot.
Microsoft Corporation is a technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It builds platforms and tools powered by artificial intelligence, spanning productivity software, cloud services, operating systems, consumer devices and gaming. Its products include Microsoft 365, a productivity and collaboration suite; Azure, a cloud computing platform; the Windows operating system; the Surface line of personal computing devices; the Xbox gaming platform and ecosystem; and Copilot, an AI-powered assistant capability.
The company operates at a global scale, serving customers across the globe. Its stated founding vision was "a personal computer on every desk and in every home", and its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Its technical work spans artificial intelligence, cloud computing, operating systems, productivity software, consumer devices and gaming, across the technology, cloud services, productivity software, consumer electronics and gaming industries.
Microsoft states 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. The company describes a culture built on a growth mindset, in which potential is seen as something that can be developed rather than fixed, and holds that companies that can do more should do more, a principle it applies to both product development and corporate responsibility.