Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements

Microsoft Build 2026 signals a strategic pivot to on-device AI with the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box. For the 2026 AI economy, this lowers cloud-dependency barriers, enabling faster, cheaper edge inference. Combined with an always-on assistant, Microsoft is commoditizing AI development and personalization, squeezing margins for pure-play cloud AI vendors while expanding the total addressable market for embedded intelligence.