Microsoft Says Recent Hire Parikh to Lead AI Engineering Unit

Microsoft Corp. has named Jay Parikh, who previously helped keep Facebook’s infrastructure humming, executive vice president for a new artificial intelligence engineering division.

Parikh, who joined Microsoft in the fall and reports to Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella, will oversee groups including the company’s developer division and AI platform, as well as teams working on AI supercomputers and agents. Microsoft hadn’t previously disclosed what Parikh would be doing.

Microsoft has been overhauling its entire product lineup around artificial intelligence and needs to manage complex infrastructure projects that can help it wring greater power and efficiency from its networks. Thanks largely to its ...