Enterprises want off-the-shelf AI integration with business tools
What businesses want from genAI tools, above all, is to increase their productivity. Doing that requires integration with their applications, tools, and infrastructure. That’s exactly what Microsoft does with its entire Copilot product line, including Microsoft 365, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, GitHub, Microsoft’s CRM and ERP platform Dynamics 365, and others.
DeepSeek offers nothing like that kind of integration. And without that, DeepSeek isn’t likely to make much progress against Microsoft — even if it can sell its chatbot more cheaply.
Microsoft itself doesn’t seem to be concerned, at least publicly. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella even believes that the efficiencies DeepSeek has found in building AI will ultimately help his company’s bottom line.
