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Microsoft appoints a new Copilot boss after AI leadership shake-up

The Verge / 3/18/2026

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Key Points

  • Microsoft is reorganizing Copilot teams to unify consumer and enterprise experiences under a single leadership strategy.
  • AI chief Mustafa Suleyman will shift from working on consumer Copilot features to focusing on building Microsoft's own AI models.
  • The changes aim to create a more cohesive Copilot experience for both businesses and individual users.
  • The leadership shake-up signals a broader effort to align AI model development with product goals across the Copilot platform.
An illustration of the Microsoft Copilot logo.

Microsoft is doing another executive shuffle today to reorganize how it engineers its Copilot assistant. Different teams have been working on the consumer and commercial sides of Copilot for years, but Microsoft is about to unify parts of them in an effort to create a more cohesive Copilot for businesses and consumers.

The changes will see Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman focus on creating Microsoft's own AI models, instead of working directly on the assistant-like features of Copilot for consumers. Suleyman first joined Microsoft nearly two years ago, after Microsoft hired a bunch of folks from Inflection AI. Months after Suleyman's hirin …

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