Even as AI-fueled job cuts ripple across the tech industry, Microsoft appears to offer a silver lining. CEO Satya Nadella said that the Windows-maker has plans to expand its workforce again in the future. Except, these new hires will be more productive and efficient because of AI.

“I will say we will grow our headcount, but the way I look at it is, that headcount we grow will grow with a lot more leverage than the headcount we had pre-AI,” Nadella said in an appearance on a podcast hosted by Brad Gerstner, founder and CEO of technology investment firm Altimeter Capital, on Friday, October 31.

“It’s the unlearning and learning process that I think will take the next year or so, then the headcount growth will come with max leverage,” Nadella added.

According to the Indian-origin tech lead

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