Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L) returns to the stage after a pre-recorded interview during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025.
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Microsoft stock sank more than 2% on Wednesday following a report that the company has lowered quotas for artificial intelligence software sales after many of its salespeople missed growth goals in the last fiscal year.
Such a move is rare for Microsoft, according to The Information, which cited two salespeople in Azure’s cloud unit.
The sales lag occurred for Microsoft’s Foundry product, an Azure enterprise platform where companies can build and manage AI agents, the news site said.
AI agents can carry out a series of actions for a user or organization autonomously.
Microsoft declined to comment on the report.
