Microsoft has created a new engineering organization aimed at accelerating internal AI infrastructure and software development.
Jay Parikh, previously Meta's vice president and head of global engineering, will lead the new division, according to Bloomberg. He will report directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and will oversee groups such as the company's AI platform and developer team.
Parikh worked on technology infrastructure and data center projects at Meta. Before joining Microsoft in October, he was named CEO of cloud security startup Lacework.
The new organization, called CoreAI — Platform and Tools, is actually a combination of Microsoft's existing Dev Div and AI platform teams, as well as some employees from the CTO department's Office, The Verge reports. Masu. CoreAI effectively recalibrates Microsoft's developer team to ensure AI remains a top priority.
In an internal memo published on Microsoft's blog, Nadella said Microsoft's focus next year will be on “model-forward” applications that will “reimagine every application category.”