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After 16 years at Google, where he served as a senior AI leader, Amar Subramanya is now Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of AI. Subramanya led engineering for Google’s Gemini chatbot; therefore, his relocation to Microsoft is surely a talent acquisition win for the company. Subramanya took to LinkedIn, where he highlighted Microsoft’s “low-ego, high-ambition” culture and pointed towards the company’s numerous AI innovations, including Microsoft Copilot. With Microsoft, Google and Meta fighting for the AI crown, Microsoft is anticipated to become the leader in AI strategy and development due to Subramanya’s relocation.

What Pulled Amar Subramanya to Microsoft?

Subramanya’s previous role as Google’s Gemini chatbot engineering lead was marked by industry-leading innovation in AI. As Microsoft’s new AI Corporate Vice President, he praised the tech giant’s ambitious undertones(opus) in their workplace culture, deeply appreciating the eagerness and, to put it gently, humility of their workforce. Microsoft’s culture is “refreshingly low-ego yet ambitious”. In a LinkedIn post, calling his new colleagues “collaborative and grounded” with a “startup-like hustle.”

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Subramanya remarked that Microsoft’s innovation “pace of innovation is exhilarating.” Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 AI-integrated apps were examples that Merced’s AI advances prompted him to discuss with Satya Nadella and Mustafa Suleyman, further convincing him to leave Google.

Subramanya’s AI Legacy at Google

With 24 years in the tech industry, Subramanya played a key role in Google’s Gemini chatbot. His expertise in building advanced AI products could help Microsoft accelerate its Copilot AI efforts, which currently rely on OpenAI’s GPT models.

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Microsoft’s AI Talent War

Microsoft’s recent rise to acquire 24 other Google DeepMind researchers drove Microsoft to employ other firms. The advance concerning these employees from google fired 9100 employees to recover operational capital for AI shifts.

At the same time, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is actively recruiting leading AI specialists for Meta Superintelligence Labs, sharpening the competition in the global AI industry.