Nadella: AI copilots will be developed for pretty much every field
Satya Nadella · 60% of today's jobs didn't exist in 1940. 5 leaders on what's next. · Aug 11, 2026 · at 12:42
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks with Reid Hoffman at Masters of Scale about generative AI expanding beyond software development into diverse industries.
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“To your point, it'll change everything, like we're working with Autodesk on Maya so you can imagine architecture, industrial design pretty much any field you can have a co-pilot for everything.”
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