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Crowd, coders, and school trip mark Nadella's homecoming

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December 12, 2025

When Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella walked into the hall of the Sheraton Grand at Whitefield in Bengaluru on Thursday afternoon, he got a rockstar’s welcome.

- AASHISH ARYAN

The hall erupted in applause, and phones flashed. It was a coders’ fiesta. The room remained lively till Nadella held the mic, occasionally bursting into applause and going silent again to listen to the coding giant.

“Several times during his address, the crowd broke into applause. For example, when he showed the Agent HQ highlighting full-stack AI (artificial intelligence) agents coordinating workflows end-to-end, all developers present broke into applause, which underscores the influence he has in India, especially among coders and developers,” a person who attended the Bengaluruevent said.

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