Google
is
making
a
big
change
to
company
leadership.
In
a
memo
to
staff
posted
on
Thursday,
Google
CEO
Sundar
Pichai
announced
that
Prabhakar
Raghavan,
the
senior
vice
president
in
charge
of
search,
ads,
and
other
important
segments,
will
now
take
on
the
role
of
chief
technologist.
“Prabhakar
has
decided
it’s
time
to
make
a
big
leap
in
his
own
career,”
Pichai
writes.
“After
12
years
leading
teams
across
Google,
he’ll
return
to
his
computer
science
roots
and
take
on
the
role
of
Chief
Technologist,
Google.
In
this
role,
he’ll
partner
closely
with
me
and
Google
leads
to
provide
technical
direction
and
leadership
and
grow
our
culture
of
tech
excellence.”
Raghavan
has
been
in
charge
of
ads
and
commerce
since
2018
and
was
promoted
to
the
head
of
Google
Search
and
Assistant
in
2020.
Nick
Fox,
who
was
part
of
Raghavan's
leadership
team,
will
replace
Raghavan,
leading
Google’s
Search,
ads,
geo,
and
commerce
divisions.
Fox
has
helped
launch
products
like
Google
Fi
and
RCS
messaging,
according
to
Pichai.
Google
is
shuffling
some
of
its
other
teams
around
as
well.
The
division
in
charge
of
Google’s
Gemini
app,
led
by
Sissie
Hsaio,
will
join
Google
DeepMind
under
CEO
Demis
Hassabis.
The
Google
Assistant
team
will
also
become
part
of
Google’s
platforms
and
devices
team.
The
shift
comes
at
a
pivotal
time
for
Google,
which
has
worked
to
establish
itself
as
a
major
player
in
AI.
At
the
same
time,
Google
also
faces
the
possibility
that
the
US
government
break
up
the
company
after
declaring
its
search
business
a
monopoly.
(Originally posted by Emma Roth)
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