# Report: Microsoft tries to get back in the AI coding game with new model > Source: > Published: 2026-05-28 15:30:21+00:00 # Report: Microsoft tries to get back in the AI coding game with new model [Microsoft](https://robinhood.com/us/en/stocks/MSFT/?source=sherwood) wants to fight its way back into the AI coding field by releasing a new model next week at its annual Microsoft Build developer conference, The Information reports. The company is expected to announce a new family of models as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman seeks to shore up the company’s own AI offerings and gradually wean it off OpenAI’s technology over the remainder of their $13 billion partnership. Microsoft was initially well positioned to meet software developers with AI-enhanced tools. It owns GitHub, the most popular platform for hosting and sharing code, and GitHub’s Copilot AI-powered coding tool was released months before OpenAI’s ChatGPT debuted in 2022. But it [fumbled one of the biggest first-mover advantages in history](https://sherwood.news/tech/github-may-have-fumbled-one-of-the-biggest-first-mover-advantages-in-history/) as Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, and Cursor rolled out coding tools that developers loved. Microsoft was initially well positioned to meet software developers with AI-enhanced tools. It owns GitHub, the most popular platform for hosting and sharing code, and GitHub’s Copilot AI-powered coding tool was released months before OpenAI’s ChatGPT debuted in 2022. But it [fumbled one of the biggest first-mover advantages in history](https://sherwood.news/tech/github-may-have-fumbled-one-of-the-biggest-first-mover-advantages-in-history/) as Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, and Cursor rolled out coding tools that developers loved.