Microsoft launches its Copilot "super app", bundling chat, coding, and agents into a single interface, and rebrands its AI assistant Scout as Autopilot
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Bundling chat, coding, and agents into a single Copilot “super app” is a distribution play—Microsoft wants one front door for all AI workflows on Windows and web. If you build horizontal AI tools, assume your users will increasingly access them through Copilot surfaces and plan for integration, not parallel UX.
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