Microsoft agent ports Copilot runtime to Rust in 25 hours for $120K, per LifeArchitect Memo
dralandthompson · x · 2026-09-28
- Agentic Rust port at Microsoft: a 25-hour, $120K session where the agent spent 56 minutes reading docs and made 122 tool calls, then spawned 15 child sessions with separate worktrees that coordinated via a built-in orchestration skill.
- Daily driver switch: Alan D. Thompson switches to Claude Opus 5.5, calling prior Opus 4.7/4.8/5 regressions.
- The Memo also covers GPT-6 Astra driving a car, Figure Helix 2.5, Neuralink thought-to-words, and labels GPT-6 Astra "proto-ASI". Note: future version claims are unverified.
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