Microsoft having trouble selling AI
2025-12-03 21:15:06.11544+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas. The source I got this from, @jenniferplusplus@hachyder m.io said "what's that popping sound", but it also sounds a lot like the layered capabilities aren't much of a draw:
The sales figures suggest enterprises aren’t yet willing to pay premium prices for these AI agent tools. And Microsoft’s Copilot itself has faced a brand preference challenge: Earlier this year, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft salespeople were having trouble selling Copilot to enterprises because many employees prefer ChatGPT instead. The drugmaker Amgen reportedly bought Copilot software for 20,000 staffers only for them to ignore it in favor of OpenAI’s chatbot.
This is also interesting, because I have this general vibe that OpenAI is getting its ass kicked by Google.