Microsoft: AI is 'the hill-climbing machine' of every company - just make sure you don't get locked in
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If AI is your new optimization engine, your real risk is letting one vendor own the gradient. Push your teams to design for portability now — data formats, orchestration, and evals — so you can swap models or clouds without rewriting the business.
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