Microsoft has lowered sales growth targets for its AI agent products after many salespeople missed their quotas in the fiscal year ending in June, according to a report Wednesday from The Information. The adjustment is reportedly unusual for Microsoft, and it comes after the company missed a number of ambitious sales goals for its AI offerings.
↫ Benj Edwards at Ars Technica
I’m sure this is fine and not a sign of anything at all.
On a semi-unrelated note, I volunteered to be interviewed by Claude about what I thought the future of AI should be. It was a good.
They will not slow down despite that. MS is sitting on a massive pile of cash they have been hoarding for more than a decade and never had the excuse to expend.
Of all companies tossing money at AI, MS is the least likely to just crash and burn.