Mustafa Suleyman will head Microsoft’s Copilot efforts, joined by Karén Simonyan as chief scientist.
A Notable Change in Microsoft’s Leadership
Microsoft’s AI sector is seeing significant changes with a new dedicated direction for its consumer-focused AI division. Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind co-founder, joins the company to lead this exciting venture after leaving rival Inflection AI. His task will be to propel Microsoft’s new consumer-oriented assistant, Copilot, into the future.
An Elite Team for High Ambitions
In addition to Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft also welcomes Karén Simonyan, the other co-founder of Inflection AI, who will serve as the chief scientist. The duo aims to keep Microsoft competitive in the AI race among the Silicon Valley’s top five tech giants.
The Irresistible Attraction of Silicon Valley
Mustafa Suleyman left DeepMind in 2019 to join Google before co-founding Inflection AI three years later. His journey is among the most notable in Silicon Valley, including the sale of his startup DeepMind to Google in 2014. This internationally recognized AI pioneer has had an exceptional career path that has now led him to one of the world’s biggest tech giants: Microsoft.
A Race Towards AI Supremacy
The battle for AI dominance between Google and Microsoft is far from over. Despite controversies surrounding Copilot’s deployment, Microsoft continues its push. For the company, the partnership with OpenAI remains a strategic priority, with the AI generator structure, ChatGPT, at the core of Copilot.
All of this comes just before the “New Era of Work” event scheduled for March 21. Microsoft promises to unveil “the latest advances in scaling AI in your environment with Copilot, Windows, and Surface.” Undoubtedly, the arrival of Mustafa Suleyman and the creation of the new AI division are signs of Microsoft’s commitment to dominate the era of artificial intelligence.