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Pavan Davuluri, an IIT Madras graduate, has been appointed as the new head of Microsoft Windows and Surface, succeeding Panos Panay. With a 23-year tenure at Microsoft, Davuluri has held various leadership positions and will now lead both Windows and Surface departments, working on developing silicon systems for Microsoft's products.
Microsoft has merged its Windows and Surface departments into a single team overseen by Pavan Davuluri, signaling a return to a unified vision for Windows 11 and future PC development. The company is set to unveil consumer variants of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 at an upcoming event, with features such as ARM chipsets, Copilot assistant, and AI enhancements for Windows 11. The move aims to take a holistic approach to building silicon, systems, experiences, and devices that span Windows client and cloud for the AI era.
Microsoft has appointed company veteran Pavan Davuluri to lead its Windows operating system and Surface devices teams, following the departure of Panos Panay to Amazon last fall. Davuluri's promotion comes as Microsoft hires former DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to head a new organization called Microsoft AI. The company is reorganizing its Windows and Web Experiences teams, with Davuluri leading the combined team and reporting to Microsoft's technology chief, Kevin Scott. The move reflects Microsoft's focus on AI and its efforts to align its Windows design and experiences with the new Microsoft AI organization.