Microsoft Build 2026 Day 1 LIVE | Opening Keynote, Live Coding & Demos
Microsoft Build 2026 opens with the Imagine Cup World Championship awarding $100K and a Satya Nadella mentoring session.
“The mentorship call with Satia was one of the biggest things in helping us determine how exactly we wanted to enter this healthcare space.”— Satya Nadella
The opening segment of Microsoft Build 2026 Day 1 spotlights the Imagine Cup, profiling AI-native startup founders in healthcare and creator-protection and announcing the $100,000 grand prize with a Nadella mentorship. It is largely ceremonial intro content with no major product, research, or strategy announcement in this excerpt.