Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has finally broken its silence following the company’s recent decision to cut around 6,000 jobs, which is about 3 percent of its global workforce. But if you are assuming that the trimming was due to the issues of performance, then Nadella clarifies the fact that it is about the shake-up strategy, not about the deficiencies. Speaking at an internal town hall meeting, Nadella accepted the emotional toll of the layoffs, again called “reeling” instead of a reflection of employee talent.

In the meeting, he explained, “It was not about the failure of the people. It was about the repairing for what comes next.” And what comes forward is very estimated. If you did not guess, it is all about artificial intelligence.

If you remember, there was a boom in the technical industry a few years ago, where companies were hiring software engineers, right and center. Not only were they paid well, their job was very safe at that time. But he knew very little, such high souls were short -lived. Ever since the AI ​​came into the picture, Tech companies have started closing their employees, especially software engineers. And so the case with Microsoft is because it runs to embed AI deeply into its products and services.

Even though engineers are now losing their jobs every day, Microsoft’s experience and equipment, Aparna Chenpragada, stressed that learning the code is more valuable than ever, even if we are changing the code. Although he admitted that the roles were likely to develop, indicating that future engineers could meet the “software operators” more than the classic developers, he rejected the notion that the basic principles of computer science would be obsolete.

Microsoft’s Kopilot is flying high

Nevertheless, it is not all disappointment and doom in the Redmond Headquarters. Nadella used the same meeting to spot the increasing speed of Microsoft in AI Space, especially with enterprise customers. According to reports, Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althaoff offered some standout names. For example, Barclays have signed for 1,00,000 licenses for Copilot, the leading AI assistant of Microsoft. According to Microsoft, other global veterans like Accession, Siemens, Toyota, and Volkswagen have also joined the Copillot Club with more than 1,00,000 users.

And if you are wondering what it means, it means that at a standard price of $ 30 (about Rs 2,600) per month, contracts of that scale can be raked in tens of millions of dollars annually. And this is just a serious indicator of how the central copillot has become for the future of Microsoft.

Nadella also said that the company is keeping a close watch on how the copilot is actually being used by its customers, not only how many licenses are sold. “It is important to adopt,” he insisted. This is not enough to buy enterprises; They need to fully integrate Copilot in daily workflows to unlock their full potential (and justify expenses).

All this plays in a broad story that Microsoft enterprise is making a big bet on AI, even it trims its workforce to stay fit and focused. The company wants to bow down, sharper, and more AI-lover.

Therefore, while the trimming has left a sour taste for many people, the leadership of Microsoft states that the cuts are part of a forward -looking reset rather than a hint of retreat. For better or worse, the meeting concluded that in this AI-manual future, no role is sacred, but there is a serious opportunity for those ready to ride the wave.