Microsoft Azure: Microsoft's AI VP Luis Vargas quits

Microsoft's vice president of AI, Luis Vargas, has quit the technology giant and will now be the founder and CTO of a new AI startup, details of which have yet to be revealed.

"I feel extremely fortunate to have worked with exceptional people on many exciting things, from introducing HA/DR in SQL Server to supporting mission-critical workloads in Azure," Vargas said on LinkedIn.

"The thing that I will remember the most was working on the company's large-scale AI strategy from its very beginning with Kevin Scott (Microsoft CTO), coordinating efforts across infrastructure, systems, platform, models, and products. We trained and customized foundation models that we leveraged across the product portfolio, setting the basis for the partnership with OpenAI, and leading the GenAI wave."