FPT deepens Microsoft tie to speed Asia AI rollout

FPT has expanded its strategic collaboration with Microsoft to advance enterprise AI adoption across Asia, with a focus on ASEAN, Japan and South Korea.

The partnership aims to help organisations move from AI trials to broader deployment across business functions. FPT will also work with Microsoft as what the companies describe as an AI Frontier Company, a model that embeds AI agents into everyday workflows and core processes.

Under the collaboration, FPT plans to explore early use of Microsoft's next-generation AI technologies and pursue joint projects in generative and agentic AI. This will include roadmap alignment, testing emerging AI tools, and developing reference architectures and industry examples for large organisations.

FPT says it has 30,000 AI-augmented engineers across its global operations and continues to prioritise Microsoft platforms in its internal AI programme, including Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot.

It aims to equip up to 20,000 developers with agentic AI development skills over the next three years to support workforce changes within the business and modern engineering practices for clients.

Nguyen Van Khoa, Chief Executive Officer of FPT Corporation, said the partnership addresses the difficulty of moving AI from experimentation to broader use.

"As enterprises move from AI experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption, the challenge is no longer technology alone - it is scale, resilience, and execution," said Nguyen Van Khoa, Chief Executive Officer of FPT Corporation.

"Through our deepened collaboration with Microsoft, FPT is enabling global enterprises to accelerate AI transformation across different stages of maturity - from early exploration to AI-enabled workforce productivity and upskilling, to the integration of AI into core processes and fully AI-native operations - strengthening cybersecurity readiness, accelerating cloud and recovery architectures, and improving cost efficiency through productivity-led digital and AI transformation. We are committed to enabling clients to move faster, operate more intelligently, and scale AI capabilities wherever their business operates," Khoa said.

Regional push

The companies are putting in place a Pathfinder approach for priority Asian markets. It includes executive sponsorship, joint governance, investment and coordinated market programmes, alongside training for leadership, sales and delivery teams.

Microsoft says the regional effort is intended to support practical, repeatable AI adoption models across industries. The collaboration is also tied to Vietnam's stated ambition to build what the companies called an AI Frontier Government, with work spanning policy-aligned solution frameworks, capability building and ecosystem engagement.

Mayank Wadhwa, President of Microsoft ASEAN, pointed to Vietnam as an example of a market moving beyond pilot projects.

"Vietnam is stepping into a pivotal phase of AI adoption, where organizations are ready to scale beyond pilots and redesign how work gets done. AI Frontier organizations, human-led and agent-operated, will define this next chapter. By combining Microsoft's trusted global AI platforms with FPT's large-scale capabilities and deep engineering strength, we are helping Vietnamese enterprises accelerate this transformation with safety, responsibility, and real impact," said Wadhwa.

Long relationship

FPT and Microsoft say their relationship began in 1996 and has spanned a wide range of public sector and enterprise technology work, including e-government, taxation, customs and hospital management systems. Over that time, FPT has built a sizeable Microsoft practice that it says now includes more than 3,000 Microsoft-certified engineers.

FPT says it has gained specialisations in AI, machine learning and Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure. It also says it became the first Microsoft enterprise system integrator in Southeast Asia to achieve Frontier Partner designation.

That status places FPT among a small group of partners Microsoft has identified for advanced AI and cloud transformation work. It was also named a Microsoft AI Discovery Cards Featured Partner, a designation the company says reflects its work helping customers turn AI plans into implementation programmes.

FPT has been increasing its emphasis on AI as part of a broader corporate strategy. The Vietnam-headquartered group operates in more than 30 countries and territories and reported revenue of USD $2.66 billion in 2025, with more than 54,000 employees across its businesses.

Alongside the Microsoft collaboration, FPT recently introduced an AI transformation methodology called FPT CASAN. The framework is designed to help organisations assess readiness, establish governance structures and deploy AI across core functions through a five-level model covering Curious, Augmented, Standard, Automatic and Native.

The latest agreement highlights how large technology services companies in Asia are positioning themselves for a second phase of AI adoption, as corporate customers seek to integrate tools into core operations rather than limit them to stand-alone pilots. For FPT, the immediate target is clear: equip up to 20,000 developers with agentic development skills while deepening its use of Microsoft's AI platforms across its own business and client work.