Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addressed the growing internal unease inside the tech giant Thursday morning, laying out the company’s priorities and urging employees to maintain its core values, while conceding that its rapid transition for the artificial intelligence era “might feel messy at times.

"I want to acknowledge the uncertainty and seeming incongruence of the times we're in. By every objective measure, Microsoft is thriving… and yet, at the same

"Microsoft is thriving," said CEO and chairman Satya Nadella in a statement following a round of layoffs earlier this month that cost 9000 employees their jobs.