Microsoft's top sales executive told staff on Friday that the company was uniquely positioned to compete against a new OpenAI product aimed at helping businesses automate office tasks across different software applications—including Microsoft's own apps.

In an email, Microsoft Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff provided talking points salespeople could use in selling Microsoft's tools for managing so-called AI agents, including highlighting their potential advantages over OpenAI's new product, known as Frontier, according to two Microsoft employees who received the email.