- Published on March 20, 2024
- In Global Tech
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s New Best Friend
OpenAI’s Sam Altman is now part of the past
Image by Nikhil Kumar
- By Shritama Saha
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella now has a new best friend, Mustafa Suleyman, and it ain’t Sam Altman anymore. A new drama is unfolding in the heart of Silicon Valley as Inflection AI co-founder joins the big tech to run their AI show internally, leaving the startup stranded.
(Source: X)
In a long-overdue move for Nadella in the well-orchestrated 4D chess, he brought in InflectionAI co-founders Suleyman and Karén Simonyan to lead the newly formed Microsoft AI division and focus on “consumer AI". Suleyman is joining as the CEO, a position Nadella had offered to Sam Altman in November 2023, when OpenAI fired him. Simonyan joins as the chief scientist.
Unlike its competitors, Microsoft has historically relied on partnerships and acquisitions to bolster its presence in
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Shritama Saha
Shritama (she/her) is a technology journalist at AIM who is passionate to explore generative AI with a special focus on big techs, database, healthcare, DE&I, hiring in tech and more.
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