Microsoft announced at Computex 2026 that Windows 11 has surpassed one billion users, framing the milestone as a base for its next PC strategy. This fall, AI laptops powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark are expected to arrive, emphasizing local inference. Microsoft also plans broader mainstream hardware upgrades to prepare Windows PCs for future AI agent workflows.
At Build 2026, Microsoft announced a set of agent development tools including the GitHub Copilot desktop app, Project Rayfin backend automation, Windows terminal and container updates, and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box. The releases point to an end-to-end workflow for building and running AI agents locally. The focus is platform integration rather than a single model breakthrough.
Microsoft's annual Build developer conference kicks off in San Francisco on June 2, with a livestreamed keynote. The Verge is tracking announcements as they arrive. The preview points to Windows, AI, RTX Spark, new AI models, and agentic OpenClaw-like developments, but the supplied excerpt does not yet include specific product details, release dates, or technical specifications.
Microsoft is heading to San Francisco for its Build developer conference, where it plans to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements. The Verge frames the event as an important attempt to win back developers. As Microsoft continues reorganizing its business around AI, Build has become a pivotal venue for showing how that strategy will translate into developer-facing products.
Vercel (then still operating as ZEIT at the time of this update in 2019) officially announced that its CLI's local development command `vercel dev` (then…