Microsoft hires the team of Sequioa-backed AI collaboration platform, Cove

Microsoft has acqui-hired the team behind Cove, a Sequoia-backed AI collaboration whiteboard startup founded by ex-Google Maps engineers, which raised $6M in seed funding. Cove's service will shut down on April 1 with all user data deleted, while the team joins Microsoft AI to continue their vision of reimagining AI collaboration. Microsoft already added Copilot to its own Whiteboard product in 2023.