# Microspeak

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## Microspeak: Funded / unfunded

DevFeed: [Microspeak: Funded / unfunded](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/microspeak-funded-unfunded-21753.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260901-00/?p=112662>)

Author: Raymond Chen

Published: 2026-09-01T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Raymond Chen](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/raymond-chen.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [microspeak](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microspeak.md>), [old-new-thing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/old-new-thing.md>), [other](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/other.md>)

### AI overview

This article explains Microsoft's use of "funding" as shorthand for having enough people available to work on a feature. It distinguishes funded, partially funded, and unfunded features, and describes how staffing gaps can delay releases without meaning a feature has been canceled.

### Source excerpt

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