OptiMind AI: The 20B-Parameter Model That Turns Business Problems Into Optimization Code

Microsoft OptiMind: The 20B-Parameter AI That Translates Business Problems Into Optimization Code This article aims to answer a fundamental question for engineers and product managers: How can someone without deep expertise in optimization modeling quickly and accurately turn a business problem described in plain English into executable mathematical code? The answer is Microsoft Research’s newly released OptiMind-SFT model. In fields like supply chain planning, manufacturing scheduling, and logistics, complex business decisions are often mathematical optimization problems at their core. However, the chasm between a spoken business need—“How do we schedule deliveries cheapest?”—and a formal Mixed-Integer Linear Programming model has long …