Microsoft unveils Project Solara, an Android-based platform for agent-first devices, with concept hardware and pilots planned at Best Buy, Target, and others
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Discussion
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@kimmonismus
@kimmonismus
on x
This came as a surprise: Microsoft has unveiled handheld and desktop devices designed to control one's agents. It reminds me of what I had expected from OpenAI's hardware-standalone devices for controlling agents. [video]
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@film_girl
Christina Warren
on x
Project Solara is about 3 things: * Being enterprise ready * JIT UI that adapts to the form factor * Extstensible so you can bring your own agent But enough of that, onto the devices!
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@satyanadella
Satya Nadella
on x
2/Project Solara. Can we imagine new form factors purpose built for this agent era? [video]
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
on x
Microsoft's Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets. The company showed off two devices at Build: a desk concept and a badge concept. Details 👇 https://www.theverge.com/...
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@film_girl
Christina Warren
on x
The first device for Project Solara is a desk device concept, powered by a MediaTek SoC that can basically be an ambient always-on, always-available device that can handle your agents for you.
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@donasarkar
Dona Sarkar
on x
I actually like this badgey thing. This can be SUPER useful for retail popups and a whole bunch of stuff in the service industry like bars, restaurants etc. #MSBuild [image]
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@microsoft
@microsoft
on x
Introducing Project Solara, a new platform built from the ground up to power agent-driven experiences, including two new concept devices that reimagine how this comes to life. Together, these updates simplify how you set up, build, and run across environments, bringing everything…
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@cristianoamon
Cristiano R. Amon
on x
We're shifting from apps and operating systems to agents, and that changes the device experience end to end. Great conversation with @satyanadella on what comes next. Watch our discussion from #MSBuild. Read the OnQ blog post for more. https://www.qualcomm.com/... [video]
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@lee_stott
Prof. Lee Stott
on x
Diving into the future of computing with Project Solara! Microsoft and Qualcomm are teaming up for agent-first AI. Super excited to see what 2026 brings! 💻🤖l #ProjectSolara #AIFuture https://commandline.microsoft.com/ ... https://www.qualcomm.com/... #MSBuild
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@mweinbach
Max Weinbach
on x
Microsoft Project Solara seems really cool. Platform to build unified agents on any hardware type [image]
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@microsoft
@microsoft
on x
What changes when agents become both a new unit of programming and an emerging new unit of human-to-machine interaction? The mission of Project Solara, a new software platform coupled with tailored hardware solutions, is to pioneer agent-first experiences that are shaped around […
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@film_girl
Christina Warren
on x
Best Buy, CVS, Target and others are already exploring ideas with Project Solara! Now we're rolling a Qualcomm video in the device lab showing off some of the reference designs
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@mweinbach
Max Weinbach
on x
I like Solara because I wrote this a few months ago that dedicated devices don't make sense, use what we have and have the agents adapt to you and what you want to use/use already [image]
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
on x
will be interesting to see where Microsoft goes with Project Solara. It has tried and failed to build platforms for many devices in the past - Band, Cortana devices, Windows Phone, the list goes on. This time it's using a version of Android, anticipating future AI agent hardwar…
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@satyanadella
Satya Nadella
on x
With Project Solara, we are building a new platform purpose-built for agent-first devices. Excited to work with @cristianoamon and @Qualcomm on this!
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@markhachman
Mark Hachman
on x
Project Solara by Microsoft appears to be Microsoft's entry into smart devices, one for the desk, powered by Mediatek and Qualcomm. “Think of it as a secure ambient device for work.”
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@film_girl
Christina Warren
on x
Steve is on stage talking about Project Solara and he's asking “what's the form factor?” what will the form factors be of the computer. “The next computer isn't one device, it's all devices working together as one system.”
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@steipete
Peter Steinberger
on x
Such a privilege to work with Microsoft to bring claws to enterprises!
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@vincent_koc
Vincent Koc
on x
OpenClaw is building for the enterprise. Pumped to see OpenClaw embraced into the Microsoft ecosystem here at Microsoft Build. 🦞
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@altryne
Alex Volkov
on x
BREAKING: @satyanadella just announced a Dev ready windows, including ZSH, intelligent terminal (hello @warpdotdev) and Homebrew on windows + WSL native containers 📦 during $MSFT BUILD This will all make the new RTX Spark machines running local AI loads. [image]
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@jennifermarsman
Jennifer Marsman
on x
Using Microsoft Execution Containers ( https://github.com/...), you can run OpenClaw natively on Windows, and the sandbox prevented deletion of all files on the Desktop. Running OpenClaw more safely in an enterprise is “pretty dope”. :) https://aka.ms/... [image]
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@pavandavuluri
Pavan Davuluri
on x
Energized to be back at Build with the developer community and share what we have been building. Today, we're introducing new @Windows capabilities designed to meet developers where they are with less friction and more flexibility, across local and cloud, any language, any
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@openclaw
@openclaw
on x
“You can run OpenClaw inside your company now.” Annoucing our work with @Microsoft to bring OpenClaw to the Microsoft and Windows ecosystems. Claws now work securly in the enterprise. [image]
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@lowleveltweets
@lowleveltweets
on x
what the fuck is this company doing bro
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@intcyberdigest
@intcyberdigest
on x
AI isn't taking our jobs. It's keeping cybersecurity people employed for life.
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@windowsdev
@windowsdev
on x
We've built containment, identity, and manageability as foundational primitives in the operating system, so you can securely build and run agents, including OpenClaw, on Windows 🙌 Learn more about our #MSBuild news: https://blogs.windows.com/... [image]
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@vxunderground
@vxunderground
on x
As someone who enjoys malware and malware accessories, I for one believe this to be incredible news and I applaud Satya Nadella for this As someone who deals with malware defensively, I for one believe this is terrible news and I hate Satya Nadella so much right now it's unreal
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
on bluesky
Help, I'm trapped in the Microsoft Execution Container and the walls are closing in [embedded post]
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Phoronix
Michael Larabel
on x
Microsoft Announces Open-Source “Intelligent Terminal”
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@xenopanther
Xeno
on x
Coreutils coming to Windows! [image]
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
on x
Microsoft's new developer-optimized Windows experience embraces Linux even more. Microsoft has created Coreutils for Windows from the uutils open-source project, and is launching new WSL containers in a bid to make Windows a trusted platform for devs👇 https://www.theverge.com/...
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@bdsams
Brad Sams
on x
This is the first time, in several years at Build, that Windows has a future.
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@mweinbach
Max Weinbach
on x
Wow, Microsoft is really working on Windows to make it just so much more dev and AI agent friendly Fantastic! https://www.youtube.com/...
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@windowsdev
@windowsdev
on x
Unmetered intelligence delivered on Windows with new on-device SLMs, Aion 1.0 Instruct and Aion 1.0 Plan, and the expansion of Windows AI APIs to more Windows 11 PCs across CPUs and GPUs 🧠 #MSBuild See how we are helping accelerate local AI development: https://blogs.windows.com/…
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Pavan Davuluri
Pavan Davuluri
on linkedin
Energized to be back at Build with the developer community and share what we have been building. Today, we're introducing new Windows capabilities designed …
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@bradshoemaker
Brad Shoemaker
on bluesky
Dave Cutler is spinning in his grave. — github.com/microsoft/co...
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@uutils@mastodon.social
@uutils@mastodon.social
on mastodon
Exciting to see Microsoft using uutils as the basis for Coreutils for Windows. — https://github.com/... https://www.theverge.com/... Bringing cross-platform, Rust-based coreutils to more developers is exactly why this project exists: familiar Unix tools, native performance, a…
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r/linux
r
on reddit
Microsoft forked the Rust uutils as their own Microsoft Coreutils, under the MIT license
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@github
@github
on x
The next frontier of agentic development is here, and you are in control. Today we announced releases that will keep you in the flow with your agents, all on the GitHub platform. ⬇️ [image]
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@github
@github
on x
The GitHub Copilot app, an agent-native desktop experience built on GitHub, is now in an expanded technical preview. 🧑🍳 You decide what agents tackle, how much autonomy each agent gets, and what ships. Go from issue to merged pull request without leaving the app. [video]
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@orenme
Oren Melamed
on x
The GitHub Copilot app is now available for more people, good time to try it I'm learning new things every day, for example the way it renders the plan with updates is absolutly beutiful! [image]
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Luke Hoban
Luke Hoban
on linkedin
I've been excited about many of the things we've shipped over the last year, across GitHub Copilot CLI, SDK, Cloud Agents, and more. …