Who runs data and AI

103 moves, 30 days · 384 in their seats

DeepMind

AI labs · 6 leaders now · 1 before · 17 moves, 7 in, 10 out · last Aug 2026

WebsiteCompany profile

Leadership now

PersonSince
Koray KavukcuogluSVP of Google DeepMindAug 20263 months ago
Alan CowenOther data and AI rolesJan 20269 months ago
Douglas ChenOther data and AI rolesJul 20251 year ago
Varun MohanOther data and AI rolesJul 20251 year ago
Tim BrooksOther data and AI rolesOct 20242 years ago
Eli CollinsVP of ProductApr 20233 years ago

Before

PersonWhen
Noam ShazeerOther data and AI rolesAug 2024 to Jun 2026

Leadership moves

LeftAug 5, 2026Oriol Vinyals leaves Discovery LoopSenior research scientist, from DeepMind · TechCrunchPromotedAug 5, 2026Koray Kavukcuoglu promoted at DeepMindSVP of Google DeepMind · Google BlogLeftAug 5, 2026Demis Hassabis leaves AlphabetChair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet · Google BlogLeftJun 20, 2026John Jumper leaves AnthropicDirector, AlphaFold Lead, from DeepMind · TechCrunchLeftJun 18, 2026Noam Shazeer leaves OpenAIGemini co-lead, from DeepMind · TechCrunchJoinedJan 22, 2026Alan Cowen joins DeepMindCEO, from Hume AI · TechCrunchLeftSep 30, 2025Ekin Dogus Cubuk leaves Periodic LabsLead, materials and chemistry team, from DeepMind · TechCrunchJoinedJul 11, 2025Varun Mohan joins DeepMindCEO, from Windsurf · TechCrunchJoinedJul 11, 2025Douglas Chen joins DeepMindCo-founder, from Windsurf · TechCrunchLeftJun 30, 2025Pei Sun leaves MetaPost-training, Gemini, from DeepMind · CNBCLeftJun 30, 2025Jack Rae leaves MetaPre-training tech lead, Gemini, from DeepMind · CNBCLeftJun 11, 2025Koray Kavukcuoglu leaves GoogleChief Technology Officer · SemaforLeftMay 8, 2025Robert Fergus leaves MetaResearch Director, from DeepMind · TechCrunchLeftMar 19, 2025Pete Florence leaves Generalist AIRobotics researcher, from DeepMind · TechCrunchJoinedOct 3, 2024Tim Brooks joins DeepMindSora co-lead, from OpenAI · TechCrunchJoinedAug 2, 2024Noam Shazeer joins DeepMindCo-founder and CEO, from Character.AI · TechCrunchJoinedApr 20, 2023Eli Collins joins DeepMindVP of Product, from Google Research · TechCrunch
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AcquisitionsAcquisition by Google (2014)