Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants AI agents treated as potential insider risks, with independent access controls, emergency shutdown mechanisms and stronger oversight

Nadella said that those deploying advanced AI should not simply rely on assurances from AI model makers

President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday, only to get upstaged hours earlier when Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft was being suspended from a programme that allows companies to apply for green cards for skilled foreign workers with H-1B visas. The crackdown on Microsoft came under Vance's purview as the head of a fraud task force, but the targeting revealed the tension between the companies powering US economic growth and the administration's efforts to reduce immigration that it says has come at the expense of American workers. "Our message to Microsoft is: You're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers," Vance told a news conference. He said the company had abused the visa system. "You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants." Vance said Microsoft last year fired 6,000 US workers but also obtained 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,00

The summit stands to bring together some of the most powerful figures in the technology world in the middle of an escalating debate over artificial intelligence and how to control the technology

Satya Nadella said that firms should be able to build their own continuous learning systems without becoming dependent on a single AI model provider

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that in the age of AI, people essentially pay for intelligence twice: once with money, and again with something even more valuable: proprietary knowledge.

Microsoft president Brad Smith said the firm is on pace to invest $50 billion by 2030 to build AI infrastructure, skills and access across the Global South, with India a key focus

Speaking at the World Economic Forum 2026 Annual Meeting, Nadella said the benefits of AI need to be much more evenly distributed to avoid it from becoming a bubble

Nadella opted for a minimalist, cookie-cutter blog template with zero bells and whistles. Nadella's name doesn't even appear on the site, though there are two links to his social media profiles

The government moved to steady the economy amid global uncertainty. Crises at IndiGo and BluSmart, meanwhile, underlined the need for tighter oversight and stronger governance

Nadella also added that AI agents, tools and technology are also important in the creation of a frontier success framework

TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and Cognizant to deploy over 50,000 Copilot licenses, collectively surpassing 200,000

The Microsoft chief mixes product showcases with a personal trip to his old school

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday said the company is deepening its commitment to India's artificial intelligence ecosystem with massive infrastructure investments. Microsoft is also strengthening its cloud footprint and focusing on skilling millions of Indians for an AI-driven future, he said. Speaking at a Microsoft event here, Nadella said, "We are very excited about investing in India to make sure that we're able to bring the best in class infrastructure here, the USD 17.5 billion investment," calling it Microsoft's largest investment in Asia. The Microsoft Chairman underlined the rapid expansion of the company's cloud footprint across the country. "We're building on Azure as the world's computer and we have 70 plus data centre regions all over the world. In India, the footprint continues to grow. We now have central India, West India, South India, and we have a partnership with Jio as well," he said. He further said that a new data centre region would becom

Rate of diffusion will decide winners of next tech wave, Microsoft CEO says in Delhi

Earlier on Tuesday, Satya Nadella met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and shortly after that, he announced $17.5 bn investment in the country

Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella will visit India from Dec 10-12. He is expected to meet PM Modi to discuss $3 bn AI and Cloud investment and skilling 10M Indians by 2030

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will begin hiring again after large-scale layoffs in 2025, with AI expected to reshape roles and drive higher workforce productivity

Nadella will also likely meet key customers and India employees during his visit, the second source said. Microsoft has more than 20,000 employees across 10 Indian cities

The compensation committee said in its report that the results demonstrated that Satya Nadella and his leadership team had positioned Microsoft as a clear leader in artificial intelligence