Microsoft’s Israeli research and development center has called about 50 employees on its Copilot Studio team to pre-dismissal hearings as part of a restructuring, according to reports published on October 12. The process has not produced a final layoff count. Some affected workers may move to other roles inside the company. The team works on Microsoft’s platform for building AI agents. Microsoft has not said that artificial intelligence caused the restructuring or announced a final number of employees who will leave.
- Employees called to hearings
- About 50, according to CTech. The final number of departures has not been confirmed.
- Israeli R&D center
- Approximately 3,000 employees, according to CTech.
About 50 workers were called to hearings
CTech reported that about 50 employees on the Copilot Studio team were summoned to hearings before possible dismissal. The report says estimates put about half of the group in roles that will remain within Microsoft’s Israeli research and development center. Being called to a hearing does not establish how many employees will ultimately leave.
Globes reported that most of the group may stay at Microsoft by moving to other jobs, while some employees will be laid off. The company did not give either publication a final count. The reports describe a mix of possible transfers and departures, rather than a confirmed number of completed layoffs.
A reorganization inside Microsoft’s agent platform team
Copilot Studio is the Microsoft platform for creating and managing custom agents, workflows and apps, according to the company’s product page. The Israeli group therefore works on a product in the company’s AI portfolio, but that fact alone does not explain why its team is changing.
Microsoft told Globes that it is adjusting its organizational structure to changing needs and challenges, and acknowledged that some decisions affect employees directly. The statement did not identify AI as the reason for these changes. Neither report said Copilot Studio is closing or that customers should expect a change to the service.
The final number of departures is still unknown
CTech puts the Israeli research and development center at about 3,000 employees. The reported 50 hearings concern one team inside that larger operation. The estimate that roughly half may remain in roles at the center is not a final staffing decision, and Globes describes some affected employees moving to other Microsoft jobs.
For the workers involved, the next step is whether they are transferred or leave after the hearings. Microsoft has not disclosed how many positions will be eliminated or when the process will end. Until those details are known, the reports point to a targeted team reorganization with uncertain consequences for individual employees.
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