Microsoft
As Microsoft reported third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, chief financial officer Amy Hood’s quarterly internal message to employees reflected on the company’s 50th anniversary and touted recent AI agents as an example of what’s to come.
Hood sends the emails quarterly when Microsoft reports earnings, and they mostly rehash the public financial reports.
“Celebrating our 50th anniversary earlier this month was a significant milestone, and I really enjoyed reminiscing about pivotal (or just funny) moments from those years with so many former and current employees — but what excites me most is still what’s ahead,” Hood wrote in a memo to staff, which was viewed by Business Insider.
Hood hyped the company’s recent release of two AI agents called Researcher and Analyst, built on OpenAI models and used in Microsoft 365 to analyze work data, as a “glimpse of what’s ahead.”
“Each week the bar seems to be raised on what’s possible,” Hood wrote. “With that, new tools and capabilities are arriving fast, and I find myself asking almost daily if there is a better way to approach my work. These innovations are pushing each of us to think differently, work differently — and I hope they inspire all of us to lean in and try something new.”
Microsoft’s stock rose 6% in after-hours trading after the company released a third-quarter financial report that beat analyst expectations.
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