On December 2, Business Insider reported that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he is working in a 'study room' mode, utilizing weekends to study how startups build products. During an interview with Matthias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer SE (the parent company of Business Insider), Nadella stated that given the industry's race to develop AI at startup speeds, Microsoft's enormous size has become a 'huge disadvantage' for it.
