Inflection AI announced that it will now focus on the AI studio business, building and testing customer generative AI models. As part of this shift, the company will host Inflection-2.5 on Microsoft Azure, with plans to expand to other cloud hosting platforms soon. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasized the importance of innovation in the ongoing AI platform shift, indicating that the company has been planning the new AI unit for some time.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman and Karen Simonyan, co-founders of AI startup Inflection AI, along with several of their colleagues. Suleyman will run Microsoft’s newly formed consumer AI unit, Microsoft AI, and Simonyan will join as a chief scientist.
- Inflection AI, which had previously received funding from Microsoft, will shift its focus to the AI studio business, building and testing customer generative AI models.
- Inflection AI will host Inflection-2.5 on Microsoft Azure, with plans to expand to other cloud hosting platforms in the near future.
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has stated that the company and the world are only in the second year of the AI platform shift, emphasizing the need for innovation.