Satya Nadella
Role in each timeline
- Custom AI Silicon at the Hyperscalers: TPU, Trainium, Maia, MTIA and the OpenAI–Broadcom Chip
Microsoft chief executive who said Microsoft has access to OpenAI’s custom-chip and system-level IP through 2030.
- Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026
Microsoft CEO who said AI was writing up to 30% of code in some projects before the May 2025 cuts.
Satya Nadella across every timeline
Every dated entry that names Satya Nadella, from all 2 timelines, newest first.
20261 entry
- Microsoft plans a Maia 300 reveal in September and 300,000-plus chips from TSMC for 2027 Report
The Information reported that Microsoft was targeting a public unveiling of Maia 300 as soon as September and negotiating TSMC capacity for more than 300,000 units in 2027, an order dwarfing the tens of thousands of Maia 200 chips built so far, with a longer-term aim of more than a million. Maia 200 had been delayed after early tests missed targets and was running in only a few data centers; Nadella had told investors on July 29 it delivered 30 percent better performance per dollar.
on Custom AI Silicon at the Hyperscalers: TPU, Trainium, Maia, MTIA and the OpenAI–Broadcom Chip
20252 entries
- Nadella: Microsoft gets all of OpenAI's system-level chip IP through 2030 Announcement
After the OpenAI recapitalization, Satya Nadella said on Dwarkesh Patel's podcast that Microsoft has rights to the IP for the custom chips OpenAI is developing with Broadcom, gets access to all of OpenAI's system-level innovation, and would first build what OpenAI designs for OpenAI and then extend it into Microsoft's own infrastructure. The arrangement tied the Maia roadmap to OpenAI's chip program.
on Custom AI Silicon at the Hyperscalers: TPU, Trainium, Maia, MTIA and the OpenAI–Broadcom Chip - Microsoft: about 6,000 jobs, 3% of the company, aimed at management layers Announcement
Microsoft cut 3 percent of its 228,000 employees across levels and geographies, its largest round since the 10,000 cuts of 2023, including 1,985 in Washington state. The company said the cuts were not performance-related and were meant to flatten management, weeks after Satya Nadella said AI was writing up to 30 percent of code in some projects.
on Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026