Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants your PC to become 'an infinite software factory' in final blow to the app store concept — but I'm afraid businesses won't bite the AI apple

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  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Copilot Code and local AI make every Windows PC an infinite software factory with no cloud token spend
  • Rather than killing app stores, Microsoft is moving app hosting into Copilot, while IT leaders stay wary of citizen-built tools
  • Microsoft's own engineers say local inference doesn't make sessions offline, and the routing ships later this month

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has a new pitch for the Windows PC, and it targets one of the most lucrative ideas in consumer tech.

In a post on X summarizing Microsoft's recent Windows and Surface event, Nadella told followers they no longer have to settle for whatever an app store happens to stock, because Copilot can now build the software they need on the desktop without spending any cloud tokens.

He wrote this idea without mincing any words, saying, "Your PC becomes an infinite software factory."

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