Chief Scientists

16 moves, 11 appointments; 32 in the seat now.

JoinedUnverifiedNov 9, 2026Sean Ringsted joins Chubb LimitedChief Scientist and Executive Vice President, Chubb Group, from Chubb Group · Insurance Journal JoinedUnverifiedOct 14, 2026Shengjia Zhao joins Meta Superintelligence LabsChief Scientist · Crypto Briefing JoinedSep 16, 2026Adam Sadovsky joins

HarveyChief Research Officer · Harvey newsroom LeftScientistAug 5, 2026

Jeff Dean leaves

GoogleGoogle Blog PromotedAug 5, 2026

Demis Hassabis promoted at AlphabetChair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet · Google Blog LeftDec 19, 2025

Yann LeCun leaves

MetaVP and Chief AI Scientist · TechCrunch LeftNov 11, 2025

Yann LeCun leaves

MetaChief AI Scientist · TechCrunch PromotedJul 25, 2025Shengjia Zhao promoted at

MetaChief Scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs · TechCrunch JoinedJun 11, 2025

Maja Pantic joins

NatWestChief AI Research Officer, from Imperial College London · NatWest Group newsroom JoinedFeb 18, 2025John Schulman joins

Thinking Machines LabChief Scientist, from Anthropic · TechCrunch JoinedNov 19, 2024Ben Dias joins

International Airlines GroupChief AI Scientist · CDO Magazine LeftSep 25, 2024Bob McGrew leaves

OpenAIChief Research Officer · TechCrunch PromotedMay 14, 2024

Jakub Pachocki promoted at

OpenAIChief Scientist · TechCrunch LeftMay 14, 2024

Ilya Sutskever leaves

OpenAICo-founder and Chief Scientist · TechCrunch JoinedMar 19, 2024Karén Simonyan joins

MicrosoftChief Scientist, Microsoft AI, from Inflection AI · TechCrunch PromotedApr 20, 2023

Jeff Dean promoted at

GoogleChief Scientist, Google Research and Google DeepMind · TechCrunch

In the seat now

Person	Company	Title	Since
Sean RingstedChief Scientist and Executive Vice President, Chubb Group, Chubb LimitedChubb Limited	Chubb Limited	Chief Scientist and Executive Vice President, Chubb GroupUnverified	Nov 2026yesterday
Shengjia ZhaoChief Scientist, Meta Superintelligence LabsMeta Superintelligence Labs	Meta Superintelligence Labs	Chief ScientistUnverified	Oct 20263 weeks ago
Adam SadovskyChief Research Officer, HarveyHarvey	Harvey	Chief Research Officer	Sep 20267 weeks ago
Demis HassabisChair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, AlphabetAlphabet	Alphabet	Chair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet	Aug 20263 months ago
Edo LibertyChief Scientist, PineconePinecone	Pinecone	Chief Scientist	Sep 20251 year ago
Shengjia ZhaoChief Scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs, MetaMeta	Meta	Chief Scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs	Jul 20251 year ago
John SchulmanChief Scientist, Thinking Machines LabThinking Machines Lab	Thinking Machines Lab	Chief Scientist	Feb 20251 year ago
Ben DiasChief AI Scientist, International Airlines GroupInternational Airlines Group	International Airlines Group	Chief AI Scientist	Nov 20241 year ago
Jakub PachockiChief Scientist, OpenAIOpenAI	OpenAI	Chief Scientist	May 20242 years ago
Karén SimonyanChief Scientist, Microsoft AI, MicrosoftMicrosoft	Microsoft	Chief Scientist, Microsoft AI	Mar 20242 years ago
Jared KaplanChief Science Officer and Co-founder, AnthropicAnthropic	Anthropic	Chief Science Officer and Co-founder	2021
Thomas WolfChief Science Officer and Co-founder, Hugging FaceHugging Face	Hugging Face	Chief Science Officer and Co-founder	2016
Mikael DolstenChief Scientific Officer, PfizerPfizer	Pfizer	Chief Scientific Officer	Jan 200917 years ago
Bill DallyChief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research, NVIDIANVIDIA	NVIDIA	Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research	2009
Eric HorvitzChief Scientific Officer, MicrosoftMicrosoft	Microsoft	Chief Scientific Officer	Source
Mark ChenChief Research Officer, OpenAIOpenAI	OpenAI	Chief Research Officer	Source
Guillaume LampleCo-founder and Chief Science Officer, Mistral AIMistral AI	Mistral AI	Co-founder and Chief Science Officer	Source
Phil BlunsomChief Scientist, CohereCohere	Cohere	Chief Scientist	Source
Jonathan FrankleChief AI Scientist, DatabricksDatabricks	Databricks	Chief AI Scientist	Source
Silvio SavareseEVP & Chief Scientist, Salesforce AI Research, SalesforceSalesforce	Salesforce	EVP & Chief Scientist, Salesforce AI Research	Source
Sharyn LeaverChief Research Officer, ForresterForrester	Forrester	Chief Research Officer	Source
Mark HorowitzFounder and Chief Scientist, RambusRambus	Rambus	Founder and Chief ScientistUnverified	Source
Patrick NunallyChief Scientist and Co-Chief Technology Officer, Brand Engagement NetworkBrand Engagement Network	Brand Engagement Network	Chief Scientist and Co-Chief Technology Officer	Source
Ayse CoskunChief Scientist, Emerald AIEmerald AI	Emerald AI	Chief Scientist	Source
Mihai BudiuChief Scientist / Co-Founder, FelderaFeldera	Feldera	Chief Scientist / Co-Founder	Source
Majid EmamiChief Science Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering, SoundHound AISoundHound AI	SoundHound AI	Chief Science Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering	Source
Tri DaoFounder & Chief Scientist, Together AITogether AI	Together AI	Founder & Chief Scientist	Source
Matthias PetriCo-founder & Chief Scientist, KeenableKeenable	Keenable	Co-founder & Chief Scientist	Source
Jia PanChief Scientist, LimX DynamicsLimX Dynamics	LimX Dynamics	Chief ScientistUnverified	Source
Lance LiCo-Founder and Chief Scientist, NexstromNexstrom	Nexstrom	Co-Founder and Chief Scientist	Source
Alexandre LeBrunCo-founder, Executive Chairman & Chief AI Scientist, NablaNabla	Nabla	Co-founder, Executive Chairman & Chief AI Scientist	Source
Hadley WickhamChief Scientific Officer, PositPosit	Posit	Chief Scientific OfficerUnverified	Source

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