‘We will grow our headcount,’ says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; promises ‘more leverage than pre-AI’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has confirmed that the tech giant is planning to expand its workforce again after a year of back-to-back layoffs. In a podcast episode with Brad Gerstner, boss of Altimeter Capital, Nadella stated that the next phase of growth will be driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and more operational efficiency.

‘We will grow our headcount, but…’

On the BG2 podcast with Gerstner, Nadella said, “​​I will say we will grow our headcount, but the way I look at it is that headcount we grow will grow with a lot more leverage than the headcount we had pre-AI.”