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Thought leadership May 12 4 min read

How Grant Thornton is building an AI‑powered professional services firm

Across professional services, artificial intelligence is increasingly influencing how work is performed, how services are delivered, and how firms think about long‑term differentiation.

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Thought leadership May 7 3 min read

Your AI steering committee’s 2026 checklist: Sovereignty

Our e-book guide can help you understand sovereignty scenarios and principles to help your steering committee take the next step.

Thought leadership May 5 4 min read

How Frontier Firms are rebuilding the operating model for the age of AI

Spend time with any software engineering team right now and you’ll see something worth paying attention to.

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Thought leadership April 27 5 min read

As regulation intensifies, Microsoft helps financial leaders meet growing demands

Regulatory change has always been a fact of life in financial services.

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Thought leadership April 23 3 min read

When AI becomes an accelerant, not an experiment

Artificial intelligence is no longer a speculative investment for business leaders, it’s an operational one.

Thought leadership April 21 6 min read

How agentic AI is transforming renewable energy operations: Realizing the Energy Frontier

Agentic AI is transforming renewable energy operations by enabling autonomous, context‑aware workflows across planning, operations, and markets.

Thought leadership April 20 6 min read

Reimagining trade finance with AI: A collaborative proof of concept from Microsoft, ANZ, HSBC, and Lloyds

Despite long-term efforts by banks and governments to embrace digital transformation, trade finance remains stubbornly mired in a paper-heavy past.

Thought leadership April 16 8 min read

Powering intelligent media: How frontier organizations realize a return on intelligence with Microsoft

Discover how Microsoft helps media organizations scale AI across creation, operations, and monetization for measurable impact at NAB Show 2026.

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Thought leadership April 16 5 min read

Building secure foundations for responsible AI in healthcare with Microsoft

Explore how healthcare organizations modernize security operations to support responsible AI adoption in regulated environments.

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Thought leadership April 16 2 min read

Your AI steering committee’s 2026 checklist: Observability

AI observability checklist for 2026: gain visibility, control AI agents, manage risks, and scale trusted enterprise AI.

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