Leaked Microsoft org chart reveals the top people in Mustafa Suleyman's AI team, including five ex-Googler hires (www.businessinsider.com)

A leaked Microsoft org chart shows AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has added nine direct reports over the past year, bringing his team to about 17 senior leaders — five of whom are former Google/DeepMind staffers. The hires span product, engineering, privacy/security, monetization, creative, and responsible-AI legal roles: notable additions include Amar Subramanya (ex‑Google VP for Gemini generative-AI engineering), Umesh Shankar (Google Cloud security/distinguished engineer to lead Copilot privacy/security), Tim Frank (ads/monetization from Google), Dominic King (ex‑DeepMind health lead), Jacob Andreou (Copilot product lead), Trevor Callaghan (Responsible AI/legal), and Mark D’Arcy (creative). Longstanding figures such as Karén Simonyan (chief scientist, ex‑Inflection/DeepMind) and Rob Cromwell (Copilot engineering) remain in senior roles. The moves matter because they show Microsoft aggressively building cross‑functional capability to productize foundation models into consumer services like Copilot, Bing, and AI-infused Edge. Technically, the hires strengthen foundation-model engineering, privacy/security engineering for Copilot, monetization frameworks for “AI-first” products, and domain-specific efforts (health, creative UX), while adding legal oversight for responsible AI. Strategically, the chart underscores fierce talent competition among Big Tech and signals Microsoft’s intent to accelerate deployment and commercialization of large-scale generative AI — raising both product momentum and renewed scrutiny around safety, data privacy, and industry poaching.