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Microsoft Unifies Copilot Under Jacob Andreou as Suleyman Refocuses on Superintelligence

Microsoft aims to accelerate enterprise-ready AI by shifting Mustafa Suleyman to long-term model development.

Overview

  • Satya Nadella announced a reorganization that combines consumer and commercial Copilot into a single system with four parts: experience, platform, Microsoft 365 apps, and AI models.
  • Jacob Andreou was appointed executive vice president to lead the Copilot experience across products and will report directly to Nadella.
  • Ryan Roslansky, Perry Clarke, and Charles Lamanna were assigned to oversee Microsoft 365 applications and the Copilot platform.
  • Mustafa Suleyman is stepping back from direct Copilot oversight to focus on building enterprise‑tuned ‘superintelligence’ models over the next several years, while staying involved in day‑to‑day AI operations including Bing.
  • The move follows slower uptake and a product reset, with reporting citing about 6 million Copilot app daily users and roughly 3% of Office subscribers with 365 Copilot access, alongside competitive pressure from OpenAI and Anthropic.