Microsoft's big AI ambitions helped it become the world's most valuable company but at the expense of its Azure team, according to a leaked email memo

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But this isn’t the case.

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced another round of layoffs.

This time, affecting 1,000 employees in its HoloLens 2 and Azure departments (viaCNBC).

In addition, we will continue to invest in W365 to reach the broader Mixed Reality hardware ecosystem.

We will continue to sell HoloLens 2 while supporting existing HoloLens 2 customers and partners."

SMT runs point on Microsoft’s cutting-edge projects like quantum computing and more.

However, the company has seemingly shifted its focus to AI.

This isn’t exactly new in Microsoft’s AI playbook.

Unfortunately, this contributed to the loss of one of Microsoft’s top executives.