Microsoft has moved surprisingly quickly to bring R1 to its Azure customers.

Distilled R1 models can now run locally on Copilot Plus PCs, starting with Qualcomm Snapdragon X first and Intel chips later.

Microsoft has integrated DeepSeek’s cost-effective R1 AI model into its Azure AI Foundry and GitHub, allowing developers to quickly incorporate it into their AI applications.

Microsoft (MSFT.O) has expanded its artificial intelligence offerings by making Chinese startup DeepSeek’s R1 AI model available on its Azure ...

Microsoft MSFT.O has made Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 artificial intelligence model available on its Azure cloud computing ...

Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call January 29, 2025 5:30 PM ETCompany ParticipantsBrett Iversen - Vice President ...

The integration is expected to enhance Azure's portfolio of AI models, which now boasts more than 1,800 options for developers and businesses.

Microsoft is most closely associated with OpenAI's ChatGPT AI model, but the software giant is starting to play the field.

Microsoft has integrated Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 AI model into its Azure cloud and GitHub, offering over 1,800 models.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) launched the highly popular DeepSeek R1, a powerful AI model, on its Azure cloud platform GitHub ...

Microsoft's second quarter fiscal 2025 earnings show impressive growth in AI revenue, despite slightly slower Azure growth. Read more here.