Microsoft establishes new AI engineering group led by former Meta executive

Microsoft has announced the formation of a dedicated engineering group focused on artificial intelligence, dubbed CoreAI – Platform and Tools.

The new division, led by Jay Parikh, a former engineering chief at Meta, consolidates teams from Microsoft’s Developer Division, AI platform, and elements of the Office of the CTO. 

In an internal memo, CEO Satya Nadella described the initiative as part of the “next innings of this AI platform shift,” signaling the transformative impact AI is expected to have on application development. 

Nadella likened the pace of AI-driven change to “thirty years of change being compressed into three years.” He emphasized the need for an “AI-first app stack” to reshape software development across Microsoft’s ecosystem, with Azure positioned as the foundational infrastructure for AI initiatives.

Under Nadella’s vision, Microsoft aims to integrate its AI platform with developer tools such as Azure AI Foundry, GitHub, and Visual Studio Code. The goal is to create AI agents capable of transforming software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and facilitating the development of custom AI-driven solutions.

Parikh, who joined Microsoft in October, has been appointed executive vice president of CoreAI and now reports directly to Nadella. His team includes several key leaders, such as Eric Boyd (AI platform chief), Jason Taylor (deputy CTO of AI infrastructure), Julia Liuson (head of the developer division), and Tim Bozarth (head of developer infrastructure).

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