Microsoft The company said on Monday it has selected company veteran Pavan Davuluri to lead its Windows operating system and Surface device teams.
Davuluri joined Microsoft in 2001 and served as a corporate vice president for nearly three years, taking on additional responsibilities following the departure of Panos Panay. Amazon last fall.
Windows remains vital to Microsoft. Its customers consider their dependence on Windows when deciding which cloud infrastructure to use for information technology projects. That’s true even as Microsoft and other public companies adjust their stance to capitalize on interest in generating artificial intelligence.
Davuluri’s promotion comes a week after Microsoft said it was hiring former DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to head a new organization called Microsoft Artificial Intelligence. Advertising and Internet Services Chief Executive Mikhail Parakhin and his unit responsible for the Bing search engine and Edge browser will become part of Microsoft AI, the company said.
Palaszin will now consider other positions and report to Microsoft Technology Chief Kevin Scott, Chief Executive Rajesh Jha wrote in a memo that was earlier issued by Microsoft Company release edge.
Microsoft last week released the first Surface PC with a Copilot button, which can be used to quickly access chatbots in Windows. “I’m incredibly proud of the team that brings these devices and experiences to our customers,” Davuluri wrote in a statement. postal on X, formerly known as Twitter.
I wanted to share an update from the Windows and Web Experience (WWE) team following last week’s announcement and creation of the Microsoft AI organization.
Mikhail Parakhin decided to explore new roles. Satya and I are grateful for Mikhail’s contributions and leadership, and for everything he has done to help Microsoft lead the new wave of artificial intelligence. He will report to Kevin Scott while supporting WWE’s transition.
As part of this change, we’re merging the Windows Experience and Windows + Devices teams into a core part of the Experience + Devices (E+D) group. This will enable us to take a holistic approach to building chips, systems, experiences and devices for this AI era across Windows clients and the cloud. Pavan Davuluri will lead this team and continue to report to me. Shilpa Ranganathan and Jeff Johnson and their teams will report directly to Pavan. The Windows team will continue to work closely with the Microsoft AI team on AI, chips, and experiences.
The Web Experience team will report to Mustafa in the new Microsoft AI organization.
Jordi Ribas will lead Search, Maps and Platforms, with Andrey Proskurin, Fatima Kardar and Nick Lee reporting to him.
Rukmini Iyer will lead the advertising department, with Paul Viola and Tu Weiqing reporting to her.
Mike Davidson continues to lead design and will work with Pavan and the team on how to refocus the Windows design.
The roles of Ali Akgun, Kya Sainsbury-Carter, Zhang Qi and Rajesh Sundaram remain unchanged. They will join Jordi, Mike and Rukmini on the Microsoft AI leadership team, all reporting to Mustafa.
We’re excited to have this team help Microsoft AI realize its bold ambition to build world-class consumer AI products. I very much look forward to working closely with Mustafa and his team to implement AI products, including Copilot, into our E+D products and services.
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