Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shares MAI AI strategy, says new models will cut costs and power Copilot, Outlook, Excel

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled the MAI AI strategy, focusing on lowering costs and improving AI models for Copilot, Outlook, Excel, and enterprise AI.

Nadella said Microsoft aims to achieve the best results at the lowest possible cost rather than relying solely on the most powerful AI models.

Microsoft plans to use optimized MAI models in everyday products, starting with its own apps like Copilot, Outlook, and Excel.

The company's AI system incorporates features like memory, tools, context, and user interactions, not just a single AI model.

MAI models use fewer computing tokens while delivering performance comparable to or better than general-purpose frontier AI models in certain use cases.