Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, said computing has entered a new era where AI agents will take over to become the main interface, not applications or operating systems.
Microsoft launches project Solara
Microsoft also released Project Solara, a Qualcomm powered platform built to support Agentic-AI devices that can work across apps, screens, and workflows. According to Microsoft, the next era of computing will not be characterized by such things.
At the Microsoft Build 2026 developer conference, Nadella said that Microsoft is shifting from a world based on apps and devices to one where AI agents will dominate the main interface between computers and users.
Nadella said this while Microsoft showcased Project Solara, a new chip-to-cloud platform built in partnership with Qualcomm which is currently called “agent-first computing”. Microsoft said that agentic AI is developing beyond assistants integrated inside applications and will streamline operations across workflows. This may impact the future of computer usage.
Project Solara is based on the company’s belief that agentic AI will become the key technology for people to interact. Instead of running apps individually and tasks manually, users will use AI agents.
About Project Solara
It is a chip-to-cloud platform that integrates Azure cloud services, hardware, and software to enable agent-first usage. It will also allow people to interact dynamically with AI via specific form factors. Solara is built around the goal that AI agents are the latest unit of programming and a novel way for people to interact with computers.
In a research paper published around the same time, Microsoft said that computing has shifted from mainframes to PCs, smartphones, and IoTs.
Each generation inches closer to users. AI agents will become the next interaction layer, letting people interact with computers via natural language instead of interfaces, menus, and navigating apps.
How will the AI agents replace apps?
Microsoft laid three levels of integrating AI.
In the first stage, AI is put beside an app as a helper, like the LLM chatbots of today.
In the second level, AI is directly integrated inside apps, which makes it central to user experience.
In the third level, AI operates outside the individual apps, streamlining workflows while maintaining context. Solara is particularly built for the third stage.
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