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Microsoft's Azure Core CTO latest to join Anthropic
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The chief technology officer for Microsoft's Azure Core has joined Anthropic.
Key facts
- Marcus Fontoura spent the last year-and-a-half in the role, where he focused on the use of AI for engineering systems and developer productivity, the overall architecture for Azure, and led the Azure
- Fontoura previously worked at Microsoft, in a separate eight-year stint, including as a technical fellow and CVP of Azure Compute
- The chief technology officer for Microsoft's Azure Core has joined Anthropic
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Summary
Marcus Fontoura spent the last year-and-a-half in the role, where he focused on the use of AI for engineering systems and developer productivity, the overall architecture for Azure, and led the Azure Networking team. Fontoura previously worked at Microsoft, in a separate eight-year stint, including as a technical fellow and CVP of Azure Compute. He also spent more than two years as CTO and head of engineering at Brazilian financial services company Stone, and has held roles at Google, IBM, and Yahoo. "Throughout my career, from research labs to hyperscale cloud platforms, I’ve always been motivated by technology’s potential to expand human capability," Fontoura said. "Over the last few years, that belief has become even stronger.