Mustafa Suleyman
Mustafa Suleyman is executive vice president and CEO of Microsoft AI. He cofounded DeepMind with Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010 and worked on applied research and commercialization. After leaving DeepMind in 2019, he cofounded Inflection AI and led the company behind the conversational assistant Pi. With Michael Bhaskar, he wrote The Coming Wave, a 2023 book about containing powerful technologies. Its claims about future risks are the authors' analysis. Microsoft appointed him to lead its new AI unit in March 2024. A March 2026 update places his focus on model research and Microsoft's superintelligence effort, while Jacob Andreou leads the unified Copilot experience.
Timeline
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2010
A laboratory begins
Suleyman founded DeepMind with Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010.
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By August 2023
A personal assistant at Inflection
As Inflection AI's cofounder and CEO, Suleyman promoted Pi, a conversational assistant designed around a friendly tone.
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September 2023
A book about containment
Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar published The Coming Wave in September 2023.
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March 2024
A new Microsoft unit
Microsoft appointed Suleyman executive vice president and CEO of Microsoft AI in March 2024.
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March 2026–present
The remit changes
Microsoft's March 2026 update assigned a unified Copilot experience to Jacob Andreou and said Suleyman would focus on model research and Microsoft's superintelligence effort.
Sources and credits
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