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Knock down barriers between you and your ideas. Enable natural and contextual interaction with tools that augment users' experiences via the power of machine-based AI. Plug them in and bring your ideas to life.

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Microsoft Cognitive Services let you build apps with powerful algorithms using just a few lines of code. They work across devices and platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows, keep improving, and are easy to set up.

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No matter what app you want to create, we have APIs that add machine-based intelligence and bring your ideas to life.

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Get your apps up and running quickly with extensive documentation and tutorials for any project.

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Some of today's most innovative apps use intelligence APIs. Find inspiration with these groundbreaking projects.

“I have not seen anything comparable. We can use the Computer Vision API to prove to our clients the reliability of the data, so they can be confident making important business decisions based on that information.”
— Leendert de Voogd, CEO, Vigiglobe

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