Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Announces the Acquisition of Osmos

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the best major stocks to invest in right now. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced the acquisition of Osmos on January 5, which is an agentic AI data engineering platform specialized in simplifying complicated and time-consuming data workflows. Osmos employs agentic AI to convert raw data into analytics and AI-ready assets in OneLake, the unified data lake at the core of Microsoft Fabric. Management reported that the acquisition supports Microsoft Fabric’s objective to allow customers to unify all data and analytics into one secure platform.

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In addition to the acquisition of Osmos, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) also announced a multi-year partnership with Cognizant on December 18 to help enterprises in the fields of healthcare and life sciences, retail, financial services, and manufacturing to “harness” AI-powered solutions.

The partnership entails the embedding of agentic AI and Copilot, powered by Foundry IQ, Work IQ, and Fabric IQ capabilities, into workflows to allow operational resilience, boost productivity, and enhance customer experience. Management reported that the partnership expands on Cognizant Neuro AI Suite of offerings, which leverage Microsoft cloud and AI services.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) develops and supports services, software, devices, and solutions. It operates through the Intelligent Cloud, Productivity and Business Processes, and More Personal Computing segments.

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