Varun Kulkarni is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft shaping the Microsoft 365 Copilot ecosystem. He leads Copilot agents—declarative and custom‑engine—and platform guardrails for security, governance, telemetry, and distribution. Varun works with customers and SDCs, designing high‑value scenarios, envisioning high‑priority Copilot AI agent use cases, and driving the end‑to‑end cycle for publishing Copilot AI agents to the Microsoft 365 Marketplace. An expert in building AI agents, including AI Evals and GTM strategies, Varun advances cutting‑edge innovation across the Copilot ecosystem by leveraging diverse tooling, from the Agents SDK to MCP connectors and platform extensibility. At Ignite, he will share how to use Copilot extensibility to build cutting‑edge AI agents that deliver reliable outcomes across Microsoft 365. A Forbes Technology Council member, Varun also frequently writes on Agentic AI, AI platforms and multi-AI Agent systems. Before Microsoft, he led growth for AI experiences and AI agents at leading software companies.