As part of the festivities around Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, current CEO Satya Nadella reunited with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer for a podcast-style discussion featuring the company’s Copilot personal AI assistant.

Microsoft is revving up its effort to persuade consumers to embrace AI-powered 'companion' software tools offered by its Copilot service.

Microsoft is in a strong position 50 years into its existence, but regulations and competitive pressures in artificial intelligence challenge future growth.

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event in Washington on March 4 was disrupted by two employees protesting the company’s alleged involvement with the Israeli military. Software engineer Vaniya Agrawal publicly confronted Gates,

The conversation garnered several likes and comments on social media, with many praising the CEOs. A user wrote, “I don’t know if Satya’s the CEO who made the biggest contribution to Microsoft, but he’s definitely the one who added the most charisma in the past 50 years.

In the second major disruption of today’s 50th anniversary event at Microsoft’s headquarters, another employee stood up and began yelling at Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer, and Bill Gates — the company’s current and past CEOs — in protest of Microsoft’s dealings with the government of Israel.

It had been eleven years since Microsoft's three CEOs had appeared together on stage, and the public reunion Friday of Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Nadella for the company's 50th anniversary brought back brought a flood of memories for all three.

Bill Gates reminisced about founding Microsoft in April 1975 with Paul Allen, inspired by an article on the Altair 8800. Despite initial struggles, Microsoft has thrived under CEO Satya Nadella, achieving a market value of $2.