Microsoft is holding a 50th anniversary and Copilot event in April

Microsoft has started sending out invites to a 50th anniversary and Copilot event at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The April 4th event will take place on the day Microsoft marks 50 years since it was first founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975.

The event on Microsoft’s campus will include an employee-only celebration of the company’s 50 years, alongside details on what’s next for the consumer side of Microsoft’s Copilot AI companion. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, and other “leaders of past and present” will be part of the Copilot and 50th anniversary event.

The Copilot event will take place amid rumors that Microsoft is developing its own in-house AI reasoning models to compete with OpenAI. The Information reported last week that Suleyman has been leading the charge on developing Microsoft’s own AI models, dubbed MAI. These models could potentially compete with OpenAI, and even replace OpenAI’s models in Copilot.

It’s possible that Microsoft might be ready to demo some of its own AI model work at this Copilot event next month, where the company will undoubtedly be looking to position AI at the center of its plan for its next 50 years.