Mustafa Suleyman Appointed Head of Microsoft's AI Division
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Appointment | Mustafa Suleyman named head of Microsoft's AI division. |
| Reporting To | Reports directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. |
| Previous Experience | Co-founded Google's DeepMind, founded Inflection AI. |
| Role at Microsoft | Oversee AI projects: Integration of AI Copilot, Bing search engine updates, consumer AI projects consolidation. |
| Background | Son of a Syrian-born taxi driver and an English nurse, grew up in Islington, London. Studied philosophy and theology at Oxford, dropped out. Founded Muslim Youth Helpline, advised Ken Livingstone. |
| DeepMind and Inflection AI | Co-founded DeepMind in 2010, left Google in 2022, founded Inflection AI, developed AI chatbot Pi, raised $1.3 billion. |
| Key Hires | Karen Simonyan (co-founder of Inflection AI) as chief scientist for Microsoft AI. Other Inflection employees joining Microsoft. |
| Reporting Teams | Mikhail Prakhin (CEO of Microsoft's Advertising and Web Services), Misha Bilenko (CVP of GenAI) and team. |