DeepMind
AI labs · 6 leaders now · 1 before · 17 moves, 7 in, 10 out · last Aug 2026
Leadership now
| Person | Title | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Koray KavukcuogluSVP of Google DeepMind | SVP of Google DeepMind | Aug 20263 months ago |
| Alan CowenOther data and AI roles | Other data and AI roles | Jan 20269 months ago |
| Douglas ChenOther data and AI roles | Other data and AI roles | Jul 20251 year ago |
| Varun MohanOther data and AI roles | Other data and AI roles | Jul 20251 year ago |
| Tim BrooksOther data and AI roles | Other data and AI roles | Oct 20242 years ago |
| Eli CollinsVP of Product | VP of Product | Apr 20233 years ago |
Before
| Person | Title | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noam ShazeerOther data and AI roles | Other data and AI roles | Aug 2024 to Jun 2026 | TechCrunch |
Leadership moves
Oriol Vinyals leaves Discovery LoopSenior research scientist, from DeepMind · TechCrunchKoray Kavukcuoglu promoted at
DeepMindSVP of Google DeepMind · Google Blog
Demis Hassabis leaves AlphabetChair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet · Google Blog
John Jumper leaves
AnthropicDirector, AlphaFold Lead, from DeepMind · TechCrunchNoam Shazeer leaves
OpenAIGemini co-lead, from DeepMind · TechCrunchAlan Cowen joins
DeepMindCEO, from Hume AI · TechCrunchEkin Dogus Cubuk leaves
Periodic LabsLead, materials and chemistry team, from DeepMind · TechCrunchVarun Mohan joins
DeepMindCEO, from Windsurf · TechCrunchDouglas Chen joins
DeepMindCo-founder, from Windsurf · TechCrunchPei Sun leaves
MetaPost-training, Gemini, from DeepMind · CNBCJack Rae leaves
MetaPre-training tech lead, Gemini, from DeepMind · CNBCKoray Kavukcuoglu leaves
GoogleChief Technology Officer · SemaforRobert Fergus leaves
MetaResearch Director, from DeepMind · TechCrunchPete Florence leaves Generalist AIRobotics researcher, from DeepMind · TechCrunchTim Brooks joins
DeepMindSora co-lead, from OpenAI · TechCrunchNoam Shazeer joins
DeepMindCo-founder and CEO, from Character.AI · TechCrunchEli Collins joins
DeepMindVP of Product, from Google Research · TechCrunch
DeepMind across Glyph
| Site | What |
|---|---|
| Acquisitions | Acquisition by Google (2014) |