Chapters and their answers
The Frontier Firm Report · prepared exclusively for Contoso
You are Advancing — 78 of 100.
Aristo makes this score, not Microsoft. How it's made
estimate from Contoso's illustrative records — a pillar is self-reported until it is read from a signal · run 4 · 24 September
The one move
Raise readiness — fed by funding the 1,120 ready people.
Frontier Firm — Microsoft's name for an organization rebuilt around AI; Aristo scores it 0–100 from adoption (50), activation (25) and security (25).
Band — the four ranges on the scale — Emerging 0–29, Developing 30–54, Advancing 55–84, Frontier 85–100 — versioned with every run.
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| Run | Counted on | Frontier score | Assigned seats in use | Assigned seats ready to activate, a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 4 | 24 September | 78 | 2,760 | $38,400 |
| Run 3 | 25 August | 74 | 2,757 | $38,490 |
| Run 2 | 26 July | 70 | 2,754 | $38,580 |
| Run 1 | 26 June | 66 | 2,751 | $38,670 |
Every run is stored and never re-scored; nothing has moved since the newest one, so it is the reading on this page. The score is allowed to go down.