Yesterday Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a major leadership reshuffle.

Prabhakar Raghavan, previously head of search and ads, has been reassigned to a new role as Chief Technologist, where he will focus on providing technical direction.

Other key changes include the Gemini app team joining Google DeepMind and the Google Assistant team being moved to platforms and devices. What are Google preparing for – read my thoughts on that in Google shakes up leadership, Raghavan becomes Chief Technologist. 

Anu Adegbola,
Paid Media Editor

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