Satya Nadella Declares the 'Agent-Native Stack' in June 11 Stratechery Interview — Microsoft Now Competes With OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google

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In a June 11 Stratechery interview taped right after his Build keynote, Satya Nadella framed the industry's shift from a 'cloud-native' to an 'agent-native stack' and openly acknowledged Microsoft now competes with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — a stark reversal of the OpenAI-exclusive posture of 2018. He was notably the sole human presenter at the keynote, signaling a more hands-on role atop the company. For builders, the 'agent-native' framing is Microsoft staking the platform layer on agents that execute tasks across both software and hardware.