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The center of gravity in enterprise AI moved from the lab to the field today. Microsoft launched Frontier Company, a $2.5B business built to actually deploy AI inside enterprises — mirroring AWS's own deployment venture two days earlier and the "forward deployed engineer" bets from OpenAI and Anthropic. Gong wired the revenue stack together with an open Model Context Protocol layer, the MCP spec itself hit its release-candidate milestone, Anthropic's run-rate crossed ~$30B, generative video hardened into a real marketing production line, and AI music ran headfirst into its EU compliance deadline. Here's what happened today in AI and go-to-market.

• Microsoft launches Frontier Company — $2.5B on AI deployment. 6,000 experts, launch partners incl. London Stock Exchange Group, Unilever, Land O'Lakes and Accenture — days after AWS's own ~$1B deployment venture. TechCrunch
• Gong's "Mission Andromeda" unifies the revenue stack via MCP. Open Model Context Protocol connections to Salesforce, HubSpot and Microsoft, plus availability in the Microsoft Marketplace. VentureBeat · Gong
• The Model Context Protocol grows up. A 2026-07-28 release candidate brings self-contained tool calls, explicit state handles, negotiated capabilities and sharper authorization. Agentic AI Foundation
• Anthropic's enterprise ramp resets the bar. Run-rate ~$30B and 1,000+ customers each spending over $1M/year — with top Gemini researchers reportedly departing Google. TechWire Asia · TechCrunch
• Generative video becomes a marketing production line. Seedance 2.0 Mini shipped via the Runway API with keyframe control and generated audio; character consistency and in-model sync are now table stakes. Runway release notes · ODSC
• AI music hits its compliance moment. EU AI Act Article 50 (synthetic-audio labeling) is enforceable Aug 2; Believe/TuneCore block "pirate studio" tracks while partnering ElevenLabs and Udio. Music Business Worldwide

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