Microsoft Unveils Nvidia-Powered Surface Laptop Ultra Starting at $2,599 for Local AI

Microsoft and Nvidia have launched the flagship Surface Laptop Ultra, starting at $2,599 and shipping October 16, 2026. Powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark chip rather than Intel processors, the PC delivers up to 1 petaflop of compute and 128GB of unified memory to run autonomous AI agents and models locally. The rollout follows a San Francisco unveiling by CEOs Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang, where Microsoft also debuted Windows Hybrid Intelligence, Microsoft Execution Containers, and the $5,999 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box to challenge Apple's MacBook Pro.