Microsoft Reshuffles Copilot Leadership — Suleyman Goes All-In on Superintelligence

Microsoft has announced a significant AI leadership reshuffle: Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, is stepping back from the Copilot product to focus entirely on building Microsoft's own frontier AI models.

What's happening

In an internal memo from Satya Nadella, Jacob Andreou — a former Snap executive — is named executive vice president in charge of both consumer and commercial Copilot, reporting directly to Nadella.

Suleyman wrote: "The next phase of this plan is to restructure our organization to enable me to focus all my energy on our Superintelligence efforts and be able to deliver world class models for Microsoft over the next 5 years."

Context: Copilot is struggling

The numbers tell the story. Copilot had just 6 million daily active users in February 2026. By comparison, ChatGPT had 440 million and Google Gemini had 82 million. The restructuring signals Microsoft recognizes Copilot needs a new direction — and that building competitive frontier models is existential.

What this means for CIOs

Microsoft is reconfiguring its entire AI organization. For enterprises using Copilot in Microsoft 365, this could mean better integration between consumer and enterprise products. More broadly, the move signals Microsoft wants to reduce its dependence on OpenAI and compete at the frontier model level.

Key points:

• Jacob Andreou (ex-Snap) takes over Copilot leadership
• Mustafa Suleyman focuses on superintelligence and Microsoft's own models
• Microsoft 365 apps and Copilot platform unified under Roslansky, Clarke, and Lamanna
• Copilot has only 6M daily users vs ChatGPT's 440M — a massive gap to close