Microsoft Trains Sales to Downplay OpenAI and Anthropic
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-07-16
According to TechCrunch, Microsoft is training its sales reps to downplay the strengths of OpenAI and Anthropic to clients, pitching its own AI models as a more efficient and cost-effective alternative.
This indicates Microsoft is aggressively pushing the commercialization of its in-house models on the sales front, beyond just product-level competition.
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