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59 LinkedIn’s AI Agent Product Becomes a Surprise Bright Spot for Microsoft

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Aaron Holmes @ The Information 1 place · today 13:30 EDT

LinkedIn’s AI Agent Product Becomes a Surprise Bright Spot for Microsoft

Microsoft has so far seen mixed results in its efforts to sell AI-powered products to businesses, with only around 3% of its Office 365 users paying to use 365 Copilot as of the end of last year. But a seemingly niche AI product released last fall by its subsidiary LinkedIn has taken off as a surprise hit. And I’m told that leaders elsewhere at Microsoft are now taking note.

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