Microsoft’s latest AI hire frees Mustafa Suleyman to chase superintelligence and build in‑house AI models

As part of Microsoft's broader plan to double down on generative AI, the company recently hired Ali Farhadi, former Ai2 CEO and Xnor.ai co-founder, as corporate vice president, who will work under Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman (via Business Insider).

Just last week, the tech giant split Copilot's system into four pillars: Copilot experience, Copilot platform, Microsoft 365 apps, and AI models.

The changes also resulted in significant changes in Microsoft's Copilot leadership, with Jacob Andreou, a former Snap executive, being promoted to an executive vice president in charge of the consumer and commercial Copilot experience, reporting to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Additionally, Ryan Roslansky, Perry Clarke, and Charles Lamanna will lead Microsoft 365 apps and the Copilot platform, who will also report to Nadella. The move seems to be centered around creating more time for Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman to focus on developing superintelligence and in-house AI models.

According to Nadella:

"Mustafa Suleyman and I have been working towards this plan for some time, and he will continue to lead this high ambition work, reporting to me. Mustafa is uniquely qualified to drive this forward, with his deep focus and commitment to advancing the frontiers of model science, while also ensuring that human control, agency, and economic opportunity remain at the center of these advancements."

Mustafa Suleyman indicated that superintelligence is the foundation for Microsoft's future as a company. This potentially explains why Microsoft has been restructuring leadership in its Copilot and AI experiences division. "The next phase of this plan is to restructure our organization to enable me to focus all my energy on our Superintelligence efforts and be able to deliver world-class models for Microsoft over the next 5 years," added Suleyman

Elsewhere, Microsoft highlighted plans to re-evaluate its AI strategy in Windows 11 by reducing where Copilot and AI experiences appear across the operating system as part of its broader plan to improve user sentiment around the OS.

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