Nadella's AI-First Overhaul Shrinks Microsoft's Inner Circle

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is dismantling the traditional senior leadership team to build a leaner, startup-style inner circle focused on the AI era, creating a new corporate leadership group and a separate Copilot leadership team, while centralizing weekly AI metrics reviews. The overhaul includes promotions and shifts like Arun Ulag expanding his role, and exits or reassignments for Mehdi, Jha, Suleyman, Bell, and others; Asha Sharma is named CEO of Microsoft Gaming as Nadella signals openness to outsiders. The goal is to accelerate AI initiatives and keep pace with faster, more agile rivals.