Ryan, Kevin, and Travis recap Microsoft Build 2026 (June 2–3 in San Francisco), describing it as Microsoft’s “coming out party” as an independent AI platform spanning models, custom silicon, an “agent OS,” a new assistant (Scout), and a full developer stack positioning Windows and Azure as the home base for the agentic era. Key announcements include a developer-optimized Windows with built-in Linux containers and two local Windows AI models (Aon 1.0 Instruct and AI 1.0 Plan), Nvidia ARM-based Surface RTX Spark Dev Box and Surface Laptop Ultra capable of running ~120B-parameter models locally, Project Solara for agent devices (including an AI-enabled badge concept), seven in-house MAI models, Scout as a proactive M365 assistant, execution containers for sandboxed agents, Majorana 2 quantum chip updates, Foundry as an end-to-end agent platform with “IQ” data tooling, GitHub Copilot app, open governance frameworks (Assert), and Microsoft M-Dash for agentic threat hunting.

00:00 Welcome to Build 2026

01:19 Big Picture Recap

02:46 Reactions and Takeaways

05:48 Windows Goes Developer First

07:42 Local Models and Control

11:11 AI Data Center at Every Desk

14:04 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box

18:25 Unmetered Intelligence and Token Costs

22:03 Project Solara Agent Devices

26:55 Jarvis Everywhere Vision

31:19 Privacy Walled Gardens and Trust

38:23 Solaris Three Pillars

39:33 Agents Everywhere Future

40:12 Seven New MAI Models

42:05 Frontier Tuning Explained

47:21 Satya Vision Ecosystem

52:26 Scout Autopilot Assistant

01:01:12 Execution Containers Security

01:02:39 Majorana 2 Quantum Leap

01:06:54 Day Two Foundry IQ

01:11:23 Governance And Mdash

01:15:17 Wrap Up And Takeaways

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