Inflection AI Plans Pivot After Most Employees Go to Microsoft

Artificial intelligence startup Inflection AI said it’s planning to license its technology to Microsoft Corp., part of a shift for the startup toward working with business customers — a move that follows the departure of most of its staff for Microsoft.

On Tuesday, Bloomberg first reported that Microsoft had hired Inflection Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, as well as Chief Scientist and co-founder Karén Simonyan, along with most of the startup’s employees.

Investors in Inflection, which has raised more than $1.5 billion, will be made whole, according to a person familiar with the situation who ...