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In January 2024, for the first time in its nearly 50 years, Microsoft became worth $3 trillion. But the journey to the top, from competition during the mobile era to capturing AI’s moment didn’t come without its lessons. A deep dive: www.wired.com/story/at-age...

wired.comRelevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as EverWhen Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.

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Jaime Teevan joined Microsoft before it was cool again. Once she had completed her doctorate in artificial intelligence at MIT, Teevan had many career options, but was drawn to Microsoft’s respected, somewhat ivory-tower-ish research division. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/at-age...

Teevan remained at Microsoft while the mothership blundered its way through the mobile era. Then, as the calendar flipped into the 2010s, an earth-shattering tech advance emerged: AI.

wired.comRelevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as EverWhen Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.

A method of artificial intelligence called deep learning was proving to be a powerful enhancement to software products. Google, Facebook, and others went on a tear to hire machine-learning researchers. Not so much Microsoft. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/at-age...

In 2014, Microsoft surprised people by promoting the ultimate company man, Satya Nadella, to CEO. Three years later, Teevan became Nadella’s third technical adviser—and the first to have a background in AI.

wired.comRelevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as EverWhen Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.

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Microsoft, 1.59 billion in fines and settlements since 2000 violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/micro...

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