A profile of Microsoft EVP of Copilot Charles Lamanna, a potential Satya Nadella successor; a source says Microsoft is on track to pay Anthropic $2B+ per year (Aaron Holmes/The Information)
Microsoft’s Copilot chief is now being watched as a possible post-Nadella leader while he manages a costly model mix.
The Information profiles Charles Lamanna, the Microsoft EVP now overseeing Copilot and Office AI after customer complaints that Copilot was buggy and weak in Excel and PowerPoint automation. The piece says senior executives see him as a potential successor to Satya Nadella. It also reports, citing a source, that Microsoft is on pace to pay Anthropic more than $2 billion a year. Techmeme's note
The Information profiles Charles Lamanna, the Microsoft EVP now overseeing Copilot and Office AI after customer complaints that Copilot was buggy and weak in Excel and PowerPoint automation. The piece says senior executives see him as a potential successor to Satya Nadella. It also reports, citing a source, that Microsoft is on pace to pay Anthropic more than $2 billion a year. Techmeme's note
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