- Google is on the counteroffensive in artificial intelligence.
- Central to those efforts is its AI division, led by Jeff Dean, a senior vice president.
- An internal org chart seen by Insider shows the top execs who report to Dean.
Google is on the counteroffensive as the company attempts to reassert its dominance in artificial intelligence.
Central to those efforts is the company's AI division, led by Jeff Dean, Google's senior vice president of research and AI. An internal org chart seen by Insider shows the 14 other leaders under Dean who drive Google's efforts to catch up with the sudden success of OpenAI.
Dean, who reports directly to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, oversees an organization of more than 3,500 full-time employees, according to internal data.
Reporting directly to Dean is Eli Collins, a VP leading work on Google's ChatGPT competitor, Bard. Collins also works on AI Test Kitchen, an app that gives select users access to some of Google's latest AI demos.
Jay Yagnik, a VP of research, oversees the largest number of employees within Dean's organization and has more than 1,200 staff members under his purview.
Corinna Cortes, a VP and machine learning engineer, also reports to Dean and oversees roughly 540 employees.
Paul Muret, who runs Google for Clinicians and oversees a team of almost 290 staff, now reports directly to Dean, according to the org chart. He previously worked under Google's now-defunct Health unit.
Google has bled AI talent over the years partly because of frustrations among staff over how slow the company has moved. In response, leaders have offered some assurances to AI staffers that it plans to move faster in turning their research into products, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Google's AI efforts reach across the entire company. In December, Google initiated a "Code Red" – a signal to get all hands on deck – in response to the growing popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT demo. Google recently announced new AI features for its Workspace product and plans to inject generative AI into all of its most popular products, Bloomberg previously reported.
A Google spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from Insider.
Here are all of Dean's direct reports, in order of how many employees they oversee:
- Jay Yagnik – VP, Research
- Zoubin Ghahramani – VP, Research (Brain)
- Corinna Cortes – VP, Research
- Paul Muret – VP/GM, Google for Clinicians
- Yossi Matias – VP, Engineering and Head of Israel Engineering Center
- Maya Kulycky – VP, Strategy and Operations, Google Research
- Eli Collins – VP, Product Management
- Marian Croak – VP, Engineering, Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology
- Fernando Pereira – VP
- Taylor Tobin – Program Manager and Executive Business Partner
- David Patterson – Distinguished Software Engineer
- Emanuel Taropa – Google Fellow
- Geoffrey Hinton – VP, Engineering Fellow
- *Leslie Yeh – Director, Knowledge
*A dotted-line report, which means they also report to another manager.
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