New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- Following massive job cuts, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that the tech giant plans to expand its workforce; however, the focus will now be on a more strategic and leveraged approach post-AI revolution.

Nadella told investor Brad Gerstner at the B2G podcast that the company's employee numbers will grow again, but in a "smarter, more leveraged" way.

"We will grow our headcount," Nadella said. "But the way I look at it is, that headcount will grow with a lot more leverage than what we had pre-AI."

Nadella's comments follow the tech company's reported layoffs of nearly 4,000 software engineering roles amid the growing adoption of AI, according to a Bloomberg report. Microsoft plans to cut nearly 6,000 jobs across i...