Satya Nadella: Microsoft's AI Bets, Hyperscaling, Quantum Computing Breakthroughs

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

2025/06/25

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A fireside with Satya Nadella on June 17, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.Satya Nadella started at Microsoft in 1992 as an engineer. Three decades later, he’s now Chairman & CEO, navigating the company through one of the most profound technologi...

Highlights

In a wide-ranging conversation at AI Startup School in San Francisco, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reflects on the transformative power of artificial intelligence and its parallels to past technological revolutions. Looking beyond the hype, he discusses how AI is not just a tool, but a force that could reshape industries, redefine work, and unlock new possibilities across the global economy.

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AI should drive economic and GDP growth.

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An Indian farmer used a WhatsApp chatbot to access agricultural subsidies.

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Satya Nadella expresses interest in creating next-generation user empowerment tools if starting his career in 2025.

Chapters

How is AI reshaping Microsoft’s strategy and the global economy?

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What does the future of software creation look like with AI?

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What can we learn from Nadella about leadership, quantum computing, and tomorrow’s tools?

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Transcript

Satya Nadella: What are the tools that we can put in the hands of people that will give them that sense of empowerment? That's what I would love to work on. I'm not into this anthropomorphizing AI at all. I come at it as it's a tool. There is going to be a...