Microsoft to announce ‘next phase of Copilot’ on September 16th

Microsoft is holding a special Copilot event later this month that will be focused on “the next phase of Copilot innovation.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and vice president of AI at work Jared Spataro will host the “Wave 2” Copilot event on September 16th.

The event will be hosted on LinkedIn and focus on the business side of Microsoft’s Copilot offerings. I revealed in my Notepad newsletter last month that Microsoft is about to rebrand Copilot in the most Microsoft way possible. This means that instead of “Copilot in Word,” it will become “Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word,” alongside a rebranding of “Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365” to “Microsoft 365 Copilot.”

Microsoft’s event won’t be all about the rebranding, though. I’m expecting to see a bunch of new Copilot features for Microsoft 365 that will try and tempt more businesses to sign up for the $30 per user per month pricing. Microsoft unlocked its Copilot AI features inside Office apps and more earlier this year, but there’s still a debate among businesses over whether it’s worth the steep monthly price.

We may even see more features announced for Copilot Pro, Microsoft’s consumer subscription for its AI offerings. The $20 monthly subscription provides Copilot features in Word, much like the business-focused subscription, but it hasn’t seen many new features added since it launched earlier this year. Microsoft even removed a GPT Builder feature from Copilot Pro in June.

Microsoft’s Copilot event will take place on Monday, September 16th, at 8AM PT / 11AM ET, and The Verge will be covering it live with all the very latest news on the AI assistant.