United Kingdom, March 20 -- Artificial Intelligence pioneer Mustafa Suleyman is set to lead Microsoft AI.

The co-founder of AI firm DeepMind - which acquired by Google in 2014 - has been hailed a "visionary, product maker, and builder of pioneering teams".

Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer at Microsoft, told employees: "I've known Mustafa for several years and have greatly admired him as a founder of both DeepMind and Inflection, and as a visionary, product maker, and builder of pioneering teams that go after bold missions."

Microsoft believes that with Suleyman on board they have "a real shot" at leading AI innovation.

Nadella added: "We have a real shot to build technology that was once thought impossible and that lives up to o...