Builder.ai Microsoft-backed AI startup Builder.ai collapses after faking AI services In a story that sounds like it's out of a sitcom, "AI" startup Builder.ai, once valued at $1.5 billion and publicly backed by Microsoft, has just collapsed after it was discovered its AI was actually just 700 Indian engineers manually working on tickets. Microsoft to assist novice app builders with yet another AI tool powered by Azure Collaborative app development heading to Microsoft Teams, even if you're clueless about coding. Get the Windows Central NewsletterAll the latest news, reviews, and guides for Windows and Xbox diehards.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES111 bit studios' The Alters changed my mind about sci-fi games2Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Story mode is actually easy now, and you can rematch the hardest boss in the game3OpenAI unexpectedly partners with Google in a cloud deal4NVIDIA CEO dismisses AI job loss crisis, contradicting Anthropic5This one Elden Ring Nightreign feature saved the day when I needed it most