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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) said on Tuesday it has hired several new executives to help lead its consumer artificial intelligence unit, focused on Copilot.
Joining the Satya Nadella-led firm will be Inflection AI co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan. Suleyman previously founded DeepMind, which was bought by Google (GOOG) (GOOGL).
“Mustafa will be EVP and CEO, Microsoft AI, and joins the senior leadership team, reporting to me,” Nadella wrote in a blog post. “Karén is joining this group as Chief Scientist, reporting to Mustafa. I’ve known Mustafa for several years and have greatly admired him as a founder of both DeepMind and Inflection, and as a visionary, product maker, and builder of pioneering teams that go after bold missions.”
Nadella continued: “Karén … is a renowned AI researcher and thought leader, who has led the development of some of the biggest AI breakthroughs over the past decade including AlphaZero.”
As part of the management change, Suleyman will lead teams focusing on Copilot, Bing and Edge.
Kevin Scott will remain the company’s Chief Technology Officer and executive vice president of artificial intelligence, Nadella said.
Rajesh Jha will remain as executive vice president of Experiences & Devices and he will continue to work on Copilot for Microsoft 365, working with Suleyman and his team.
