Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to employees: It’s no longer enough to be software factory, must become…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that the company’s decades-old identity as a software manufacturer is no longer sufficient, writing to employees he announced a fundamental transformation into an “intelligence engine” designed to democratise artificial intelligence for global users.

“We must reimagine our mission for a new era,” Satya Nadella wrote in an internal memo. “When Bill founded Microsoft, he envisioned not just a software company, but a software factory, unconstrained by any single product or category. That idea has guided us for decades. But today, it’s no longer enough.”