Volkswagen Group equips more than 330,000 employees with Microsoft Copilot
Volkswagen Group rolled out Microsoft Copilot to more than 330,000 employees in a phased approach, starting with Copilot Chat (upwards of 300,000 monthly active users) and moving to Copilot with Work IQ across engineering, production, procurement and sales. More than 26,000 agents were active across the Group in the past month. Microsoft and Volkswagen also intend to scale the Intelligent Data Foundation on Microsoft Fabric.
Overview
Volkswagen Group rolled out Microsoft Copilot to more than 330,000 employees in a phased approach, starting with Copilot Chat (upwards of 300,000 monthly active users) and moving to Copilot with Work IQ across engineering, production, procurement and sales. More than 26,000 agents were active across the Group in the past month. Microsoft and Volkswagen also intend to scale the Intelligent Data Foundation on Microsoft Fabric.
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Volkswagen Group followed a phased approach: broad access to AI chat via Copilot Chat first, then Copilot with Work IQ for more advanced productivity scenarios across engineering, production, procurement and sales. More than 26,000 agents were active across the Group in the past month.
Reported business value
According to Microsoft, Copilot is intended to help the workforce increase productivity, accelerate decisions and improve knowledge-based processes. The press release reports upwards of 300,000 monthly active users on Copilot Chat and no quantified productivity results.
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