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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott Joins Shopify’s Board of Directors

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Kevin Scott, CTO at Microsoft, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Shopify, the leading e-commerce platform. Scott announced the news on LinkedIn, where he served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations for six years. He has been with Microsoft for eight years now.

In a conversation with Canada-based e-commerce giant Shopify, co-founder and CEO Tobias Lütke, Scott expressed his enthusiasm for joining the company’s board. “I’m very excited to be able to have the opportunity to work more closely with you all and with all of the folks at Shopify,” said Scott. 

This appointment brings together two tech giants, with Scott’s extensive experience in AI and cloud computing at Microsoft potentially benefiting Shopify’s e-commerce innovations. Scott’s background includes leadership roles at Google and AdMob, as well as his current position driving strategic, cross-company initiatives at Microsoft.

Scott’s move to Shopify’s board comes at a time when the e-commerce sector is rapidly evolving, with increasing focus on AI integration and enhanced user experiences. His expertise in large-scale technology infrastructure and AI could prove invaluable as Shopify continues to expand its services and global reach.

AI in Shopify

Shopify has been increasingly investing in bringing AI capabilities on their platform with their latest release being an AI “sidekick” chatbot. The sidekick serves as a support chatbot for merchants, assisting with tasks such as creating discount codes, generating store reports, and proposing blog post ideas.

“I think the role that Shopify plays on the internet is giving all of these wonderful entrepreneurs and business owners and makers and creators of all stripes a way to actually commercialise their work to be able to have a customer base and to deal with them in beautiful ways. It’s just, sort of extraordinary and very important,” said Scott. 

Interestingly, Bret Taylor, the current board of director at OpenAI has also served as a board member of Shopify. 

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As a rare blend of engineering, MBA, and journalism degree, Vandana Nair brings a unique combination of technical know-how, business acumen, and storytelling skills to the table. Her insatiable curiosity for all things startups, businesses, and AI technologies ensures that there's always a fresh and insightful perspective to her reporting.
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