GConferenceGridThe Conference Catalogue · Vol. 2026Folio № E766FC
Of the Field

Microsoft Build 2026

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icrosoft Build 2026 is a two-day developer conference focused on hands-on sessions around AI, coding, and technical workflows. Attendees gain access to deep technical content, keynotes, interactive labs, demos, and direct engagement with engineers and industry leaders. The event offers in-person and online participation, with a focus on the latest AI tools,…

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10Voices
0Underwriters
0Exhibitors
12On the bill · sessions
9Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Microsoft, in alphabetical order.
Chip Huyen
Stealth
Ion Stoica
UC Berkeley
Jared Palmer
Microsoft
Michael Chiang
Ollama
Peter Steinberger
OpenAI
Priyanka Sharma
Thiink Inc.
Rob Ferguson
Fireworks AI
Scott Hanselman
Microsoft
Simon Willison
Datasette
swyx
Latent Space
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The Programme

Selected from 12 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    Agent supervision is the new senior engineering skill

    As AI agents start shipping code, the bottleneck becomes trust. This talk argues “agent supervision” is the new senior skill: scoping agent work, setting constraints, designing che…

    Agents & apps
  • TBA

    AI & Agent-Augmented coding you can trust

    Agents now run real commands, modify files, and move data. This breakout highlights the full set of Windows primitives that help agents discover, reason about, and execute AI‑power…

    Windows
  • TBA

    Aspire for agents: Transform how you build and deploy distributed apps

    Aspire is an open-source cloud and agent-ready developer toolchain transforming how you build, run, and deploy observable, production-ready distributed apps. Its code centric appro…

    Developer tools & frameworks
  • TBA

    Azure DevOps meets GitHub, the path to AI powered SDLC

    Azure DevOps and GitHub are better together—and the integration keeps getting smarter. In this demo-heavy session, you’ll see how hybrid patterns that connect GitHub with Azure Boa…

    Developer tools & frameworks
  • TBA

    Breakout session with Peter Steinberger

    To be announced closer to the event.

    Agents & apps
  • TBA

    Build and host enterprise-grade AI agents with Microsoft Foundry

    AI agents are transforming how developers build software—but shipping production-grade agents demands more. This session walks through the end-to-end lifecycle of building AI agent…

    Agents & apps
  • TBA

    Build and ship faster with a developer-optimized experience on Windows

    Learn how Windows delivers a streamlined, end-to-end experience through PCs and OS experiences optimized for developers. See our new experiences in action across WSL, PowerToys and…

    Windows
  • TBA

    Build context‑aware agents at scale with Microsoft IQ

    High performance agents are built on intelligence that brings together context, enterprise data, orchestration, and governance. Learn how Foundry IQ, Fabric IQ, and Work IQ provide…

    Agents & apps
  • TBA

    Build local AI powered experiences w/ Microsoft Foundry on Windows

    Start with solution-centric Windows AI APIs - now expanding beyond NPU to support GPU and CPU. Use Foundry Local to run open-source models locally. With new tooling for VS Code, op…

    Windows
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 9 companies, parsed from the program.

Nine companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
9Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority
  • Other roles10100%

Of 10 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Microsoft2V
  2. 02Datasette1V
  3. 03Fireworks AI1V
  4. 04Latent Space1V
  5. 05Ollama1V
  6. 06OpenAI1V
  7. 07Stealth1V
  8. 08Thiink Inc.1V
  9. 09UC Berkeley1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this convocation.

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