Microsoft Wants Sales Team to Push Its Own AI Models Instead of Rivals OpenAI, Google and Anthropic: Report (UPDATED)

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Microsoft Wants Sales Team to Push Its Own AI Models Instead of Rivals OpenAI, Google and Anthropic: Report (UPDATED) Mohd Haider Fri, July 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM EDT 4 min read MSFT GOOG Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Microsoft Corp. has reportedly instructed its sales team on Tuesday to position in-house AI models above rival offerings from OpenAI , Alphabet's Google and Anthropic , as part of a fiscal 2027 strategy session. Executive Vice President Jay Parikh told staff, "Everyone else is selling parts — we're selling the full end-to-end system," according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday. According to the report, Copilot chief Jacob Andreou compared Copilot with Anthropic's Claude, saying it was slower, less accurate and did not have strong security integrations across Microsoft's Office apps. Microsoft declined to comment on this story. A single bad hire can set a startup back years. 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Microsoft is promoting its internal AI model as superior to its competitors, Open AI, Google, and Anthropic. This change appears to be a result of Microsoft removing Open AI and Anthropic models from Word and Excel.

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This development may have a positive impact on the semiconductor and AI-related companies. Additionally, Microsoft's move to remove its competitors' models may have a negative impact on its competitors, Open AI, Google, and Anthropic.

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