Microsoft’s Chris Young and Elad Gil Back AI-Powered Rollups Targeting Law Firms; Salesforce Acquires Moonhub

Chris Young, former deals chief at Microsoft who left the company in March 2025, is launching a private equity fund focused on acquiring and combining mature, people-intensive companies such as law firms and professional services firms. The fund aims to improve operational efficiency and scale these businesses through the application of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs). This approach, known as AI-powered rollups, is gaining traction among investors, including early AI backer Elad Gil, who has invested in companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Stripe, and Perplexity. Gil is leveraging AI to transform traditional industries by identifying niche SaaS and service firms to enhance with AI technology and then consolidating them to drive growth. The trend reflects a broader industry shift from delivering productivity tools to achieving AI-driven business outcomes, which is expected to disrupt established business models and increase the value of enterprise software solutions. Meanwhile, Salesforce has acquired Moonhub, a startup specializing in AI tools for hiring, signaling intensified competition among tech giants to advance workplace automation. Moonhub has since shut down, with its staff transitioning to Salesforce, underscoring the strategic importance of AI-driven hiring solutions in the current technology landscape.