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 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 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.