Microsoft has a new head of Windows and Surface; know more

A Microsoft appointed, this Wednesday (27), Pavan Davuluri as its new head of Windows and Surface. Following Panos Panay's surprise departure to Amazon last year, the company split the Windows and Surface groups under two different leaders.

Microsoft has a new Windows and Surface chief https://t.co/mm15ZZtCL8

- The Verge (@verge) March 25, 2024

Davuluri took over the Surface work, with Mikhail Parakhin leading a new team focused on Windows and web experiences. Now, both Windows and Surface will be Davuluri's responsibility, as Parakhin "decided to explore new functions."

The Verge obtained an internal memo from Rajesh Jha, head of experiences and devices at Microsoft, describing the new Windows organization.

A Microsoft is now bringing its Windows and devices teams together once again. “This will allow us to take a holistic approach to building silicon, systems, experiences and devices that span the Windows client and the cloud for this age of AI,” explains Jha.

Pavan Davuluri is now the Windows and Surface team lead at Microsoft, reports directly to Rajesh Jha.

Davuluri works at Microsoft for more than 23 years and has been deeply involved in the company's work with Qualcomm and AMD to create custom Surface processors.

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Mikhail Parakhin will now report to Kevin Scott during a transition phase, but his future at Microsoft seems uncertain and it is likely that these “new roles” will be outside the company. Parakhin worked closely on the Bing Chat before taking on broader Windows engineering responsibilities and changes to the Microsoft Edge.

Windows' move comes just days after Windows co-founder Google DeepMind and former Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has joined Microsoft as CEO of a new team of artificial intelligence.

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