Microsoft is creating a new in-house development-oriented AI body

Microsoft has created a new engineering organization focused on accelerating the development of AI infrastructure and software within the company.

according to Jay Parikh, formerly 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 artificial intelligence platform and developer teams.

Parix worked on technical infrastructure and data center projects at Meta. Before joining Microsoft in October, he was named CEO of cloud security startup Lacework.

The new organization, called CoreAI — Platforms and Tools, is actually a merger of Microsoft’s existing Dev Div and The Verge’s AI platform teams. reportsalong with some staff in the Office of the CTO division. CoreAI effectively retools Microsoft’s developer teams to ensure AI remains a top priority.

In an internal memo published at Microsoft blogNadella said Microsoft’s focus for the coming year will be on “patterned” apps that are “reshaping entire application categories.”