Demis Hassabis
Aug 5, 2026
Becomes GDM chair and Alphabet chief scientist while still leading Isomorphic Labs.
Chief Scientists
The research lead of an AI lab or AI organisation.
5
moves
3
appointments
3
in the seat now
Per month, last 18 months
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In the seat now
Demis HassabisChair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, AlphabetsinceAug 2026Shengjia ZhaoChief Scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs, Metasince
Jul 2025Maja PanticChief AI Research Officer, NatWestsince
Jun 2025
Chief Scientist moves
- Promoted
- Departed
Jeff Dean
Aug 5, 2026
GoogleNext role not stated
Leaving to launch a public benefit corporation with Sanjay Ghemawat to speed ML and science discoveries.
- Departed
Yann LeCun
Dec 19, 2025
Left Meta and is executive chairman of his new startup, AMI Labs.
- Promoted
Shengjia Zhao
Jul 25, 2025
Will set the research agenda for Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang.
- Appointed
Maja Pantic
Jun 11, 2025
First Chief AI Research Officer, to advance AI capabilities, drive research and support bank-wide simplification.
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