Google DeepMind expands Koray Kavukcuoglu’s AI leadership role

# A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3 Nov 18, 2025 | 13 min read x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link Gemini 3 is our most intelligent model that helps you bring any idea to life. Sundar Pichai CEO, Google and Alphabet Demis Hassabis CEO, Google DeepMind Koray Kavukcuoglu CTO, Google DeepMind and Chief AI Architect, Google Share x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link Image 2: Gemini 3 logo in front of a black background with the number 3 in blue dots Audio 1 Listen to article minutes This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental Voice Umbriel Speed 1X Voice Umbriel Gacrux Speed 0.75X 1X 1.5X 2X Read AI-generated summary [...] ## Introducing Gemini 3: our most intelligent model that helps you bring any idea to life _Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Koray Kavukcuoglu, CTO of Google DeepMind and Chief AI Architect, Google, on behalf of the Gemini team_ Today we’re taking another big s

FILE PHOTO: A Google logo is seen at a company research facility in Mountain View, California · Reuters Reuters 2 min read GOOG +2.34% (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google on Wednesday appointed an insider to lead its future AI-powered product development, as AI enters a new phase of mainstream adoption, according to a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai to company leaders seen by Reuters. Koray Kavukcuoglu, chief technology officer of Google's DeepMind AI lab, is taking on the newly created title of chief AI architect. He will also become a new senior vice president, reporting directly to Pichai. Kavukcuoglu, who will move to California from London, will also continue serving as Google DeepMind's CTO, reporting to its CEO Demis Hassabis, Pichai said in the memo. [...] "In this expanded role, Koray will accelerate how we bring our world-leading models into our products, with the goal of more seamless integration, faster iteration, and greater efficiency," Pichai said. Alphabet faces market

Sundar, Jeff Dean, James Manyika, and I have built a fantastic partnership as we’ve worked to coordinate our efforts over recent months. I am looking forward to working closely with Eli Collins, who will be joining my leads team as VP of Product, and Zoubin Ghahramani who will be joining the research leadership team reporting to Koray Kavukcuoglu. We’re also creating a new Scientific Board for Google DeepMind to oversee research progress and direction of the unit, which will be led by Koray and will have representatives from across the orgs. Jeff, Koray, Zoubin, Shane and myself will be finalising the composition of this board together in the coming days. [...] I’m sure you will have lots of questions about what this new unit will look like for you, your teams, and all of us, and we will be working hard to provide clarity for everyone as rapidly as possible. Please read Sundar’s note, and tune in to the town hall meeting tomorrow. I’m thrilled to be on this journey with you and look f

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Current and former employees who have spoken of Dean in conversations with Business Insider in the past have described a friendly, approachable character, one whose reputation inside Google was seemingly untarnishable. But this week's events may change that. The whole debacle also puts under scrutiny Google's ambitious AI efforts, something the company has staked its future on. In 2016, Sundar Pichai talked about a shift from a mobile-first to an AI-first world – but the Alphabet chief has also called for ethical guardrails around artificial intelligence. In 2018, he published a list of AI principles, one of which was to "be socially beneficial." Earlier this year, he wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times calling for regulation around AI. [...] Subscribe Log in Tech # Jeff Dean built an untouchable reputation as chief of AI at Google. Now, the backlash over a top researcher's exit has made him a target of protest. By Hugh Langley You're currently following this author! Want

Kavukcuoglu, a former aerospace engineer, earned a PhD in computer science and worked under AI pioneer Yann LeCun at NYU. (LeCun later joined Facebook to lead its AI efforts.) Kavukcuoglu joined DeepMind in 2012 as a researcher, before rising into a leadership role, where he oversaw some of the company’s major advances in AI. He’ll keep his current position while serving in the new role, according to the memo disseminated on Wednesday. Under Kavukcuoglu, who works closely with DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis, Google came from behind to take the lead in some key AI benchmarks. But the company is under pressure to take the raw capabilities of its Gemini family of models and turn them into successful products. AD [...] Koray Kavukcuoglu. Courtesy of Google PostEmailWhatsapp In this article: Title icon ### The Scoop Title icon ### Know More Title icon ### Reed’s view Title icon ### Notable Title icon ### The Scoop Google is putting a new executive in charge of co