Knut Risvik
Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft AI, Microsoft
Knut Risvik is listed as Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft AI, Microsoft. Knut is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 18 November 2026.
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About
Corporate Vice President and Distinguished Engineer, Search & AI, Microsoft Microsoft Responsibilities – Risvik is Corporate Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, focused on building the next generation of AI search, grounding, retrieval, and large-scale intelligence infrastructure. He is the originator and architect of Web IQ, also known as Speedbird, Microsoft’s search and grounding platform for AI agents. In this role, Risvik helps lead the technical direction for systems that retrieve, ground, evaluate, and serve knowledge for Microsoft’s AI products and partners. Prior to this role, Risvik held senior technical leadership roles across Microsoft AI, Bing, Microsoft Research, and data infrastructure. He has helped rearchitect Microsoft’s AI search and grounding stack, replacing siloed systems with reusable infrastructure designed to improve quality, efficiency, freshness, and scale. Earlier at Microsoft, he was the founding architect for Azure Data Lake and inc
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Optimizing AI agents to meet your goals: Grounding with Web IQ Speaker · 18 November 2026
Spoke alongside
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- Husein Sharaf Chief Executive Officer / Acting CPO · Cloudforce 1 shared session
- Ray Zhong Cofounder · mainfunc 1 shared session
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- Justin Garrett Principal Program Manager Lead, DevRel, Azure Experiences & Ecosystems, Cloud + AI Engineering 10 sessions
- Karuana Gatimu Director, Scale Experience Group 10 sessions
- Heather Cook Principal PM Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group 9 sessions
- Nitya Narasimhan Senior Cloud Advocate (AI) 9 sessions
- Brad Smith Vice Chair and President 8 sessions
- Lee Stott Principal Cloud Advocate - Core AI 8 sessions
- Lorena Mora Senior Product Manager | Microsoft Intune & Windows 8 sessions
- Sonia Cuff Cloud Advocate Lead - Cloud Native & Linux Advocacy 8 sessions
- Bethany Jepchumba Developer Relations 7 sessions
- Paolo Pialorsi Senior Developer Advocate 7 sessions