The Core AI group, run by Jay Parikh, will focus on AI, and AI agents in particular. Satya Nadella sees this technology as transforming applications.

Microsoft is creating a new engineering division, led by the former global head of engineering at Facebook (now Meta), that will be responsible for building fundamental AI technologies and tools for the company.

India-West Staff Reporter SEATTLE, WA – Microsoft is pushing forward its AI initiatives, with CEO Satya Nadella announcing that Jay Parikh will join the company’s senior leadership team. Parikh, formerly the global head of engineering at Facebook (now Meta) and most recently CEO of Lacework,

Microsoft has appointed Jay Parikh as executive vice president of its new AI engineering division. Parikh, formerly with Facebook, will lead various teams to enhance AI infrastructure as Microsoft intensifies its focus on generative AI technologies.

Microsoft has announced the formation of a new engineering group, the CoreAI - Platform and Tools division. The team will be led by Jay Parikh, former Meta engineering chief. This new division is a merger of Microsoft's Dev Div and AI platform teams, along with select members from the Office of the CTO team.

Microsoft has established a new engineering division, CoreAI — Platform and Tools, to focus on developing foundational AI technologies and tools. Led by Jay Parikh, the division aims to build an integrated AI-first application stack,

Microsoft is doubling down on artificial intelligence. CEO Satya Nadella has announced the formation of CoreAI – Platform and Tools, a new engineering division to kick off Redmond’s “next innings” of AI platform shift with seasoned technology leader of Indian origin, Jay Parikh, in the lead.

The Redmond-headquartered company has been retooling its AI divisions over the past year, hiring former Inflection CEO Mustafa Suleyman to head Microsoft AI, which oversees the company’s AI-powered Copilot organization and other consumer products. Former Inflection chief scientist Karén Simonyan also left the startup for Microsoft.

Microsoft Corp. is forming a new engineering group that will be led by Jay Parikh, a former Meta Platforms Inc. executive who joined the company last year. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella announced the move today in a note to employees.

Microsoft appointed Jay Parikh, a former Meta executive in charge of infrastructure, as its executive vice president for the new artificial intelligence engineering division.