Microsoft Sales Chief Responds to Potential Rivalry with OpenAI’s New Agent Product

Microsoft Sales Chief Responds to Potential Rivalry with OpenAI’s New Agent Product

By Kevin McLaughlin,Aaron Holmes
Publication Date: 2026-02-07 02:45:00

Microsoft’s top sales executive told staff on Friday that the company was uniquely positioned to compete against a new OpenAI product aimed at helping businesses automate office tasks across different software applications—including Microsoft’s own apps. In an email, Microsoft Chief Commercial …