Microsoft Hosts Windows, Surface AI Event as Copilot Push Trails With Stock Up 7%
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Updated · CNBC · Oct 5
Microsoft Hosts Windows, Surface AI Event as Copilot Push Trails With Stock Up 7%
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Oct 5
Summary
Wednesday’s Windows and Surface event in San Francisco will center on how “local AI” reshapes the PC, as Microsoft tries to turn Copilot and on-device AI into a clearer growth story.
Satya Nadella is pairing that product push with a business-model shift toward usage-based billing, arguing AI value comes from broad enterprise adoption and heavier consumption of tokens and software tools.
GitHub Copilot offers Microsoft’s clearest proof point: users rose to 50 million from 26 million a year earlier, and sales growth accelerated 60% after pricing moved closer to computing demand.
Copilot’s wider workplace traction remains limited—Microsoft has 30 million paid Copilot seats against more than 450 million commercial Office 365 users, while some customers still question pricing and return on investment.
That uncertainty has left Wall Street lukewarm despite Microsoft’s nearly $4 trillion valuation: the shares are up 7% this year, lagging megacap peers as rivals from Nvidia to Anthropic and Google press their AI lead.