OpenAI isn’t the only company looking to combine its various AI tools into an all-in-one super app. Fortune’s Sebastian Herrera reported yesterday that Microsoft is also working on its own super app that may combine its Copilot chatbot, GitHub Copilot, the Copilot Cowork agent, and a new agentic feature named “Autopilot.”
The existence of this upcoming AI super app has been separately confirmed by Alex Heath, who shared a leaked screenshot of the app on his Sources publication. Heath also mentioned the inclusion of a new proactive AI agent named Scout within the new app, which is visible in the screenshot below.
According to the original report from Herrera, Microsoft has no plans to reveal its new AI super app at its Build conference next week, but a public launch may happen at the end of the summer. Jacob Andreou, EVP of Copilot at Microsoft, is overseeing the development of the project, which will also see Microsoft combine the consumer and enterprise versions of its Copilot assistant.
“Microsoft has found that customers dislike shifting between its Copilot tools, and the company also seeks for people to see more value from Copilot, the sources familiar with the plans said,” Herrera wrote. Microsoft just revealed a redesigned Microsoft 365 Copilot app this week, which will coexist with the separate Microsoft Copilot app for consumers.
“The plans for the super app could evolve and are not yet final, the sources said, but the idea is to be able to combine a user’s Copilots into one central interface, including accounts from the productivity-focused Microsoft 365 Copilot. There may also be a toggle function for a user to go back and forth between their personal and enterprise 365 Copilots. A user will still be able to access their Copilots outside of the super app,” Herrera explained.
While Google announced last week that its Gemini chatbot crossed 900 million monthly active users, matching the user base of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot is clearly lagging in terms of mindshare and commercial momentum. Following its early investements into OpenAI, Microsoft is also looking to reduce its reliance on the startup’s AI models. That’s why it started including Anthropic’s Claude models as an alternative to GPT models within its Microsoft 365 Copilot chatbot. Microsoft also continues to develop its in-house AI models, and we’re likely to see more of them during the company’s Build developer conference next week.
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