May 19, 2025:
Microsoft Unveils AI Platform for Rapid R&D - Microsoft introduced Microsoft Discovery, an enterprise AI platform to speed up scientific R&D, at Build 2025. This agentic AI system improves hypothesis generation and experimentation using a graph-based knowledge engine and specialized AI agents, quickly leading to a data center coolant prototype discovery in under four months.
Companies like GSK and Este Lauder are early adopters, using it for drug development and personalized skincare. Running on Nvidia's Azure AI infrastructure, Discovery aims to enhance scientific innovation with speed, accuracy, and scale.