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Michael Bhaskar

Michael Bhaskar is a writer and publisher whose most visible AI work is The Coming Wave, a book he co-wrote with Mustafa Suleyman that appeared in September 2023. He wrote The Content Machine, an academic exploration of publishing, in 2013. He co-founded Canelo as its publishing director in January 2015, and he worked as a consultant Writer in Residence at DeepMind between 2017 and 2019. He co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Publishing, a volume that appeared in 2019. As of October 2026, he leads MAI Futures, an AI research team at Microsoft AI devoted to scenario planning.

Now at
Microsoft

Timeline

  1. 2013

    The Content Machine

    Anthem Press publishes his monograph The Content Machine, an academic exploration of publishing, in 2013.

  2. January 2015

    Co-founding Canelo

    He co-founds Canelo as its publishing director in January 2015.

  3. June 2016

    Curation: the power of selection

    Little, Brown publishes his book Curation: The Power of Selection in a World of Excess in June 2016.

  4. 2017–2019

    Writer in Residence at DeepMind

    Between 2017 and 2019, he works as a consultant Writer in Residence at DeepMind.

  5. 2019

    Co-editing the Oxford Handbook

    The Oxford Handbook of Publishing, which he co-edits, appears in 2019.

  6. September 2023

    Co-writing The Coming Wave

    The Coming Wave, written with Mustafa Suleyman, appears in September 2023, and the book is shortlisted for the 2023 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.

  7. As of October 2026

    Leading MAI Futures

    At Microsoft AI, he leads MAI Futures, an interdisciplinary AI research team devoted to scenario planning, horizon scanning and thought leadership.

Sources and credits

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  1. Michael Bhaskar | Writer | St Edmund Hall seh.ox.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Michael Bhaskar - Oxford Brookes University brookes.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. About — Michael Bhaskar michaelbhaskar.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Editions of Curation: The Power of Selection in a World of Excess by Michael Bhaskar goodreads.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma nextbigideaclub.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Publishing News | Publication of Oxford Handbook of Publishing oxfordpublish.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman: 9780593593974 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books penguinrandomhouse.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Michael Bhaskar - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.