Microsoft follows Anthropic and OpenAI into the AI super app race with overhauled Copilot and AutoPilot agents
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Microsoft reportedly plans to merge its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a single app in August. Rarely used features like Copilot Podcasts are getting cut, and new AI agents called "AutoPilot" will handle tasks in the background for an extra fee.
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Microsoft follows Anthropic and OpenAI into the AI super app race with overhauled Copilot and AutoPilot agents
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Jul 3, 2026
Microsoft is planning yet another overhauled version of Copilot, reportedly set to release in August. According to aninternal memoseen by The Information, the company will merge its consumer and enterprise apps into a single app. It will include AI coding tools and new AI agents called "AutoPilot" that handle tasks like scheduling and email summaries in the background. Customers will pay extra for the added features.
Executive Vice President Jacob Andreou wrote in the memo that the team "stripped out what wasn't working," includingCopilot PodcastsandCopilot Labs. Copilot should focus on "real work" instead of chasing intelligence "for intelligence's sake," being "optimized for outcomes." The app has to "earn the right to exist," he wrote.Anthropic with Claude CodeandOpenAI with Codexare working on similar "super apps."
Yesterday, Microsoft also announced a new company focused onrolling out AI inside businesses. Microsoft engineers will work directly inside departments to help build AI into workflows. It's an admission that a chatbot alone delivers limited value,or at least value that's hard to measure. Meanwhile, Microsoft and other AI companies still have tojustify their billions in AI spending.
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