Microsoft forms new internal dev-focused AI org

Microsoft has created a new engineering organization aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure and software development within the company.

According to At Bloomberg, Jay Parikh, previously VP and global head of engineering at Meta, will lead the new division. He will report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and oversee groups including the company’s AI platform and developer teams.

Parikh has worked on technical infrastructure and data center projects at Met. Before joining Microsoft in October, he was appointed CEO of cloud security startup Lacework.

The new company, called CoreAI — Platforms and Tools, is actually a combination of Microsoft’s existing dev dev and AI platform team, The Verge. Reportincluding some employees of the CTO Divisional Office. CoreAI effectively revitalizes Microsoft’s developer teams to make AI a top priority.

In an internal memo released by Microsoft BlogNadella said Microsoft’s focus for the coming year will be “model-forward” applications that will “reshape the entire application category.”