Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
We sat down with Frank Buchholz, CTO of Surface Marketing at Microsoft, Inside the Surface Studio in Redmond for an in-depth conversation about where AI is really heading — and why the cloud isn't the whole story.
Frank shows us a banking app he built himself using Claude Code (without writing a single line of code), demonstrates real-time ID verification, voice-to-form dictation, and image analysis — all running LOCALLY on a Copilot+ PC. No cloud. No data leaving the device.
Go check out the new Microsoft Surface devices powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 processors.
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Time STAMPS
00:00 Welcome from Microsoft's Surface Studio in Redmond
00:48 Meet Frank Buchholz — Microsoft's Surface CTO
01:19 From Perceptive Pixel to Surface Hub: Frank's journey
01:48 Intel Panther Lake announcement explained
02:04 Meteor Lake vs Lunar Lake vs Panther Lake
02:47 Core Ultra 5 now matches Core Ultra 7 performance
03:23 Why do you actually NEED an NPU?
03:46 Built-in Windows AI: Live Translation, Click to Do & Fluid Dictation
04:24 Going keyboard-free: pen, touch & voice on Surface Pro
05:21 Built-in vs bolt-on: How Adobe & CapCut use the NPU
06:10 What is "vibe coding"? Frank explains agentic coding
07:21 Claude Code, Codex & GitHub Copilot CLI compared
08:42 Frank's Surface IT Pro blog post & the magic prompt
09:42 Subscription pricing vs token-based AI costs
10:32 LIVE DEMO: The banking app Frank built himself
11:32 Why customisation beats generic demos
12:03 Understanding tokens — humans vs computers
13:07 Voice-to-form using Fluid Dictation (demo)
14:26 What is Phi-4 Mini? Local Foundry explained
15:12 Hugging Face & the future of small specialised AI models
16:17 Why on-device AI matters for privacy & data sovereignty
17:16 ID verification demo — the McLovin fake ID test
19:03 Real ID verification + Dynamics 365 integration 20:41 Image analysis: detecting wall damage
21:47 Pen annotation + AI re-analysis
22:24 Token costs: 10 cents for 10 minutes of work
23:28 Can anyone do this? Lowering the barrier to entry
24:02 How real developers are using Claude Code
24:49 Managing 10 Claude Code sessions at once
25:22 Open source: the app is on GitHub
25:49 The real cost of cloud AI vs local AI
26:30 NVIDIA DGX Spark & Apple's massive memory Macs
27:25 Why on-device AI is the future
28:11 Final thoughts & wrap up
We sat down with Frank Buchholz, CTO of Surface Marketing at Microsoft, Inside the Surface Studio in Redmond for an in-depth conversation about where AI is really heading — and why the cloud isn't the whole story.
Frank shows us a banking app he built himself using Claude Code (without writing a single line of code), demonstrates real-time ID verification, voice-to-form dictation, and image analysis — all running LOCALLY on a Copilot+ PC. No cloud. No data leaving the device.
Go check out the new Microsoft Surface devices powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 processors.
~---~ Contact ASI Solutions ~---~
Are you ready to do more with your device? Talk to the Digital Skills team at ASI Solutions to see how a Technology Coach can help you and your team to achieve more today. Contact our team at training@asi.com.au
~---~ Let's Connect! ~---~
LinkedIn: / asi-solutions-training
Facebook: / asi.com.au
Twitter: / asi_solutions
Instagram: / asi_solutions
Website: https://www.asi.com.au/
Time STAMPS
00:00 Welcome from Microsoft's Surface Studio in Redmond
00:48 Meet Frank Buchholz — Microsoft's Surface CTO
01:19 From Perceptive Pixel to Surface Hub: Frank's journey
01:48 Intel Panther Lake announcement explained
02:04 Meteor Lake vs Lunar Lake vs Panther Lake
02:47 Core Ultra 5 now matches Core Ultra 7 performance
03:23 Why do you actually NEED an NPU?
03:46 Built-in Windows AI: Live Translation, Click to Do & Fluid Dictation
04:24 Going keyboard-free: pen, touch & voice on Surface Pro
05:21 Built-in vs bolt-on: How Adobe & CapCut use the NPU
06:10 What is "vibe coding"? Frank explains agentic coding
07:21 Claude Code, Codex & GitHub Copilot CLI compared
08:42 Frank's Surface IT Pro blog post & the magic prompt
09:42 Subscription pricing vs token-based AI costs
10:32 LIVE DEMO: The banking app Frank built himself
11:32 Why customisation beats generic demos
12:03 Understanding tokens — humans vs computers
13:07 Voice-to-form using Fluid Dictation (demo)
14:26 What is Phi-4 Mini? Local Foundry explained
15:12 Hugging Face & the future of small specialised AI models
16:17 Why on-device AI matters for privacy & data sovereignty
17:16 ID verification demo — the McLovin fake ID test
19:03 Real ID verification + Dynamics 365 integration 20:41 Image analysis: detecting wall damage
21:47 Pen annotation + AI re-analysis
22:24 Token costs: 10 cents for 10 minutes of work
23:28 Can anyone do this? Lowering the barrier to entry
24:02 How real developers are using Claude Code
24:49 Managing 10 Claude Code sessions at once
25:22 Open source: the app is on GitHub
25:49 The real cost of cloud AI vs local AI
26:30 NVIDIA DGX Spark & Apple's massive memory Macs
27:25 Why on-device AI is the future
28:11 Final thoughts & wrap up
