Guo: Satya Nadella and Kevin Scott led Microsoft's AI transition brilliantly
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Sarah Guo, founder of Conviction Capital, discusses Microsoft's AI strategy and leadership under CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott on 20VC.
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“I mean, how could you not, right? I think Satya has done an amazing job making a, making Satya and Kevin Scott have done an amazing job championing, like really believing in this set of technologies, taking a bunch of bets, open AI and otherwise, using it as an opportunity to, like, try to leverage themselves into other markets that really matter, like search.”
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