The gold rush for the GitHub’s AI-powered companion for developers, called CoPilot inspired me to explore Microsoft`s vision to bake Copilot into its existing apps and ecosystems, starting with Microsoft Office. I reached out to Derek Snyder, Senior Director at Microsoft, leading the product marketing team for Microsoft Teams to understand better the new Copilot AI assistant that is being gradually rolled out on Microsoft 365.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dereklsny... Microsoft 365 Copilot https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/micro... Derek Snyder is a Senior Director at Microsoft, leading the product marketing team for Microsoft Teams. He has over 15 years of experience in product leadership, spanning B2B and B2C domains across mobile apps, SaaS, and e-commerce. Prior to joining Microsoft, Derek was the Chief Product Officer at Dashlane, a password manager and online security app with over 15 million users worldwide. Prior to that, Derek was the Chief Product Officer at TrackMaven (now part of Skyword), a marketing attribution and analytics SaaS product that helped marketers measure and optimize their campaigns. Derek holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Le Moyne College. He lives in New York City with his wife Emily. In his spare time, he enjoys reading books on economics and technology.
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Baking AI into Ecosystem Apps: The MSFT Copilot Case, Derek Snyder