Estée Lauder (EL) announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft (MSFT) to strengthen its cloud and data infrastructure and support responsible AI adoption across the business. The company has expanded Microsoft Copilot to more than 14,000 office-based employees worldwide and is testing productivity agents and automating repetitive manual tasks. The collaboration will advance its Unified Data Platform, while the company is also investing in a Unified Consumer Data Platform to better understand consumer needs. At the time of writing, EL shares were down 2.5% and MSFT shares down 1.5%; year to date, MSFT is up over 8% while EL is down over 1%.
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Systems Software |
| Market cap | $3.9T |
| Close on 10/29/2026 | 530.14 |
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