# Achint Srivastava (slim)

> Achint Srivastava is VP of Software Engineering at Office of the CTO; Decision-1 launch author. Microsoft-Decision-1 on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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VP of Software Engineering, Office of the CTO; Decision-1 launch author.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/achint

## What Achint builds

- [Microsoft-Decision-1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-decision-1.md), graded E, 39.2/100, in Decision models. Microsoft-Decision-1 is a Microsoft model, post-trained from Qwen3.5-9B, that scores fixed answer options with a calibrated probability for each. It is in public preview on Microsoft Foundry and OpenRouter, at $0.042 per million input tokens. VP of Software Engineering, Office of the CTO; Decision-1 launch author, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Bill Gates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bill-gates/), Co-founder, Microsoft
- [Brandon Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-werner/), Principal Product Architect; Agent ID creator
- [Dan Hellem](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-hellem/), Principal Product Manager, Azure DevOps
- [Darrel Miller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/darrel-miller/), Partner API Architect
- [Dong Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dong-li/), Partner Director; Head of Product, Azure Speech and Voice Agents
- [Eric Imasogie](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-imasogie/), Senior Product Manager; Microsoft Learn MCP server owner
- [Faraz Siddiqui](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/faraz-siddiqui/), Senior Technical Program Manager; Product Manager for Azure Maps Geospatial APIs
- [Gary Pretty](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gary-pretty/), Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Copilot Studio
- [Julie Strauss](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/julie-strauss/), Vice President, AI Sales, Marketing and Incubations
- [Paul Allen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-allen/), Co-founder, Microsoft
- [Pieter de Bruin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pieter-de-bruin/), Technical Program Manager; Learn partnerships and MCP integrations
- [Sandeep K Sen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sandeep-k-sen/), Product Manager, Azure MCP and CoreAI
- [Shawn Henry](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shawn-henry/), Principal Group Product Manager; Product Lead, Microsoft Agent Framework
- [Tianqi Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tianqi-zhang/), Principal Software Engineering Manager; Learn knowledge-discovery and MCP team
- [Vamshidhar Kommineni](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vamshidhar-kommineni/), Group Product Manager, Azure Storage
- [Yury Semikhatsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yury-semikhatsky/), Principal Software Engineer; active Playwright MCP maintainer

## Questions

### Who is Achint Srivastava?

Achint Srivastava is VP of Software Engineering at Office of the CTO; Decision-1 launch author.

### What does Microsoft make?

Anchor Terminal lists Microsoft-Decision-1 from Microsoft.

### How are Achint's tools graded?

Microsoft-Decision-1 is graded E, 39.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://commandline.microsoft.com/microsoft-decision-1-model-foundry/
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/achint_microsoft-decision-1-our-model-for-fast-activity-7514401721931161600-OkR5
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/achint
- https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/bill-gates
- https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/verified-accounts
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/
- https://x.com/Microsoft/with_replies
- https://www.microsoft.com/
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/cognitive-services-support-options
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/use-foundry-models-microsoft-decision

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