Microsoft announces over 50 AI tools to build the ‘agentic web’ at Build 2025.

Microsoft launched a comprehensive strategy to position itself at the center of what it calls the “open agentic web” at its annual Build conference this morning, introducing dozens of AI tools and platforms designed to help developers create autonomous systems that can make decisions and complete tasks with limited human intervention.

The Redmond, Wash.-based technology giant introduced more than 50 announcements spanning its entire product portfolio, from GitHub and Azure to Windows and Microsoft 365, all focused on advancing AI agent technologies that can work independently or collaboratively to solve complex business problems.

“We’ve entered the era of AI agents,” said Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s Chief Communications Officer, in a blog post coinciding with the Build announcements. “Thanks to groundbreaking advancements in reasoning and memory, AI models are now more capable and efficient, and we’re seeing how AI systems can help us all solve problems in new ways.”

How AI agents transform software development through autonomous capabilities.

The concept of the “agentic web” moves far beyond today’s AI assistants. While current AI tools mainly respond to human questions and commands, agents actively initiate tasks, make decisions independently, coordinate with other AI systems, and complete complex workflows with minimal human supervision. This marks a fundamental shift in how AI systems operate and interact with both users and other technologies.

Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s CTO, described this shift during a press conference as fundamentally changing how humans interact with technology: “Reasoning will continue to improve. We’re going to see great progress there. But there are a handful of new things that have to start happening pretty quickly in order for agents to be the recipients of more complicated work.”

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