Microsoft has created a new engineering org aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure and software development within the company.

Microsoft Corp. is forming a new engineering group that will be led by Jay Parikh, a former Meta Platforms Inc. executive who joined the company last year. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella announced the move today in a note to employees.

Microsoft appointed Jay Parikh, a former Meta executive in charge of infrastructure, as its executive vice president for the new artificial intelligence engineering division.

Platforms and Tools unit will be led by Jay Parikh, the former Meta Platforms Inc. engineering executive who joined Microsoft in an unspecified role in November. The division will bring together some existing teams like Dev Div,