Microsoft reorders Copilot teams, freeing up AI chief for superintelligence push

Microsoft said on Tuesday it is reorganising its Copilot teams by ​unifying its commercial and consumer versions, as the tech giant rushes ‌to improve its artificial intelligence assistant to drive better ​adoption.

Microsoft said on Tuesday it is reorganising its Copilot teams by ​unifying its commercial and consumer versions, as the tech giant rushes ‌to improve its artificial intelligence assistant to drive better ​adoption.

Strong reception for Google’s Gemini and the launch ⁠of autonomous agents such as Anthropic’s viral Claude Cowork have posed risks both to Microsoft’s AI business and broader software offerings, as the ‌company races to boost adoption and usage of Copilot.

The restructuring will free up Microsoft’s AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, ‌enabling the industry veteran to focus more sharply ‌on building ⁠new AI models and drive the company’s ⁠superintelligence efforts.

Jacob Andreou, who has served as the corporate vice president of product and growth at Microsoft AI since last year, will lead the company’s Copilot ​efforts across consumer and commercial, ‌Microsoft said.

Senior executives Ryan Roslansky, Perry Clarke and Charles Lamanna will lead M365 apps and the Copilot platform.

The reorganisation will “enable me to focus all my energy on our Superintelligence ‌efforts and be able to deliver world class models ​for Microsoft over the next five years,” Suleyman said.