Microsoft Touts AI Sales at Town Hall, Reveals Barclays Contract

Microsoft Corp. touted its progress selling artificial intelligence tools to corporate customers during a companywide town hall on Thursday, including a major deal with Barclays Plc.

Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff told employees that Barclays agreed to buy 100,000 licenses for Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistants, according to people familiar with the event. Althoff also said multiple dozen customers — including Accenture Plc, Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and Siemens AG — have over 100,000 Copilot users, according to the people, who requested anonymity to discuss the internal remarks.

Microsoft is focused on driving adoption of Copilot and ...