The organizational changes are part of Microsoft's strategy to innovate and build world-class AI products. The company will continue to partner with OpenAI and build AI infrastructure to support OpenAI’s foundation model roadmap. As part of the transition, teams working on Copilot, Bing, and Edge, as well as the GenAI team, will now report to Suleyman. Kevin Scott will continue as CTO and EVP of AI, overseeing all AI strategy, while Rajesh Jha will continue as EVP of Experiences & Devices, focusing on building out Copilot for Microsoft 365.
Key takeaways:
- Satya Nadella announced the formation of a new organization called Microsoft AI, which will be led by Mustafa Suleyman as CEO and Karén Simonyan as Chief Scientist.
- The new organization will focus on advancing Copilot and other consumer AI products and research.
- Several members from the Inflection team, including some of the most accomplished AI engineers and researchers, will join Microsoft AI.
- Microsoft will continue to build AI infrastructure in support of OpenAI’s foundation model roadmap, and innovate and build products on top of their foundation models.