Microsoft announced a new partnership with Cognition Labs to bring developers a self-sufficient AI software agent called Devin. Devin's main task is to assist engineers in efficiently completing complex and tedious tasks such as code migration and modernization projects, aiming to save them time and enhance their productivity. According to the collaboration agreement, Devin will operate on the Microsoft Azure platform, ensuring high performance and scalability. This integration further demonstrates Microsoft's steadfast commitment to enhancing the developer experience through its existing tools like Visual Studio Code and GitHub. Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Scott, expressed great excitement about this partnership. He stated, "Devin is an exceptional tool. Imagine as an engineer or software developer, what are the tasks you least want to deal with? Devin is specifically designed to help you solve these challenges." Scott particularly emphasized the challenges engineers face when redeploying applications, which is a necessary but often headache-inducing process. He firmly believes that the combination of Devin and Azure will provide developers with robust support. Cognition Labs is an AI application laboratory focused on building end-to-end software agents. They also showed great enthusiasm for this collaboration. They hope to leverage Microsoft's vast customer base and Azure's powerful scalability to reach every developer with Devin. This partnership comes after Cognition Labs recently secured $175 million in funding led by Founders Fund. This funding round skyrocketed the valuation of this six-month-old company to $2 billion. It is worth noting that this funding round occurred just one month after their $21 million Series A funding. As the collaboration deepens, developers can expect Devin to seamlessly integrate into their workflow and play a significant role in code migration and modernization tasks. This partnership undoubtedly strengthens Microsoft's leading position in the developer ecosystem, as its AI products have been widely applied in various fields like GitHub Copilot.