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Asha Sharma: 5 key things about Microsoft AI replacing Phil Spencer as Xbox boss

Asha Sharma, former head of Microsoft's AI enterprise teams, will lead Microsoft Gaming following Phil Spencer's departure.

Published on: Feb 21, 2026 03:29 AM IST
By Shirin Gupta
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Asha Sharma, the former head of development for Microsoft's AI enterprise teams, is set to lead Microsoft Gaming after Phil Spencer announced that he is leaving after 12 years.

Asha Sharma, former head of Microsoft's AI enterprise teams, will lead Microsoft Gaming following Phil Spencer's departure. (Asha Sharma Microsoft Azure Blog)
Asha Sharma, former head of Microsoft's AI enterprise teams, will lead Microsoft Gaming following Phil Spencer's departure. (Asha Sharma Microsoft Azure Blog)

Sharma previously led Microsoft's CoreAI product group, heading development of the company's AI platform and services.

According to Sharma, she is dedicated to "the return of Xbox," games in "new categories and markets where we can add real value, grounded in what players care about most," and games that "always will be art, crafted by humans" rather than “flooding our ecosystem with soulless AI slop.”

 
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Shirin Gupta

Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.

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