Google's CEO Sundar Pichai announced a significant leadership re-alignment to further cement its leadership in AI and innovation.
"For decades, Prabhakar Raghavan has been the head of search, and also the senior vice president over critical segments like ads," Google's current CEO said. Further adding that Raghavan now will be heading the newly created position of Chief Technologist. Pichai also announced that Nick Fox will be leading the Google's Knowledge & Information (K&I) division.
Raghavan will work closely with Pichai and other senior executives to lead the technological excellence and strategic direction of the company.
Raghavan has played an integral role in Google's growth in the last twelve years. The reshuffle in his leadership will take him back to his computer science origins. Raghavan’s long experience will be instrumental in helping Google find its footing amidst the turbulence in the high-tech world.
Nick Fox is a veteran Google VP with experience heading several projects, including Google Fi and RCS. Fox’s new role will move the responsibilities from Raghava with areas of Search, Ads, Geo, and Commerce products falling under the K&I division.
Fox boasts robust background experience in AI and product strategy, thus being the perfect candidate to help maintain Google its global AI leadership.
In the course of leadership changes, Google will realign research and development teams. In more detail, the Gemini application team will be merged into Google DeepMind. Thus, merging research and product engineering under Sissie Hsaio's command. The Google Assistant team will also migrate over to the Platforms & Devices division, therefore unifying AI home initiatives under one roof.
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So, it’s no surprise that the company is looking to tie all loose ends to continue its AI dominance effectively. The company seeks to strengthen its workforce in AI technologies with the restructuring as it continues to innovate.