Mikhail Parakhin is leaving his role as head of Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising and may be moving to a new role within Microsoft. “Mikhail Parakhin, head of the company’s Bing search engine and advertising business, will leave those roles and look for a new position, a week after the software giant named Mustafa Suleyman to oversee the company’s artificial intelligence work consumers and asked Parakhin to report to him.” Bloomberg reported.
Mustafa Suleyman. Last week Microsoft announced that Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind, a company Google acquired years ago, would now lead Microsoft’s AI efforts as CEO of Microsoft AI. “Mustafa will be Vice President and CEO of Microsoft AI, and joins the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), reporting to me. I have known Mustafa for several years and greatly admire him as the founder of both DeepMind as of Inflection, and as a visionary, product creator and pioneering team builder pursuing bold missions,” wrote Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. .
Mikhail Parakhin. Mikhail Parakhin was supposed to report to Mustafa Suleyman, but it looks like that won’t happen now. Mikhail Parakhin is leaving his position and the head of Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising. An internal email make sure per The Verge says:
Mikhail Parakhin has decided to explore new roles. Satya and I are grateful for Mikhail’s contributions and leadership and want to thank him for all he has done to help Microsoft lead the next wave of AI. He will report to Kevin Scott as he supports WWE’s transition.
Mikhail Parakhin led many of Microsoft’s latest AI efforts around Bing Chat, now known as Copilot, and its integration into Microsoft products like Bing Search, Office, and other services and devices.
Why we care With the resignation of Mikhail Parakhin, you can expect to see changes in the direction of these efforts at Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising. It is unclear whether Mikhail Parakhin will leave Microsoft entirely or move to a new role.
personally, i loved how transparent and accessible Parakhin was with the industry.
