Google is making an enormous change to firm management. In a memo to employees posted on Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced that Prabhakar Raghavan, the senior vp in control of search, adverts, and different essential segments, will now tackle the position of chief technologist.
“Prabhakar has determined it’s time to make an enormous leap in his personal profession,” Pichai writes. “After 12 years main groups throughout Google, he’ll return to his laptop science roots and tackle the position of Chief Technologist, Google. In this position, he’ll accomplice intently with me and Google results in present technical route and management and develop our tradition of tech excellence.”
Raghavan has been in control of adverts and commerce since 2018 and was promoted to the top of Google Search and Assistant in 2020. Nick Fox, who was a part of Raghavan’s management crew, will substitute Raghavan, main Google’s Search, adverts, geo, and commerce divisions. Fox has helped launch merchandise like Google Fi and RCS messaging, in line with Pichai.
Google is shuffling a few of its different groups round as effectively. The division in control of Google’s Gemini app, led by Sissie Hsaio, will be a part of Google DeepMind underneath CEO Demis Hassabis. The Google Assistant crew may also turn out to be a part of Google’s platforms and gadgets crew.
The shift comes at a pivotal time for Google, which has labored to determine itself as a serious participant in AI. At the identical time, Google additionally faces the likelihood that the US authorities break up the corporate after declaring its search enterprise a monopoly.
