Google Reorganizes DeepMind: Demis to Chief Scientist, Khosla Praises AI Impact
heyshrutimishra · x · 2026-08-06
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced significant leadership changes at @GoogleDeepMind. Demis Hassabis is stepping up to become Chief Scientist of Alphabet and Chair of GoogleDeepMind, dedicating his focus to shaping the future of AGI and scientific discovery. Meanwhile, Koray Kavukcuoglu has been appointed SVP of GoogleDeepMind, taking responsibility for all aspects of model development, research, and the Gemini app and dev teams.
Reacting to the news, prominent venture capitalist Vinod Khosla gave full credit to Google as the real source of AI acceleration. He highlighted Google's long-term belief and heavy investments—from skeptical early days of Waymo's self-driving cars to acquiring DeepMind—praising the leadership of Sundar, Larry, and Sergey for their massive impact on the industry.
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