Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced a series of structural changes and leadership appointments aimed at accelerating the company’s AI initiatives. As part of the restructuring, the Gemini app team, headed by Sissie Hsiao, will now operate under Google DeepMind, led by Demis Hassabis.

“Bringing the teams closer together will improve feedback loops, enable fast deployment of our new models in the Gemini app, make our post-training work proceed more efficiently, and build on our great product momentum,” Pichai said.

Additionally, the assistant teams focusing on devices and home experiences will now be merged into the Platforms & Devices division. Expectedly, this reorganization will bring these teams into closer alignment with the product areas they are developing for, while also uniting Google’s AI smart home initiatives under a single umbrella.

Prabhakar Raghavan, a 12-year Google veteran, will transition from his current role to become the Chief Technologist at Google. Further, Nick Fox, a long-standing Googler and member of Raghavan’s leadership team, will be appointed as the SVP of the K&I division.

The restructuring is fuelled by AI-driven innovations across Google’s product lineup. “AI moves faster than any technology before it. To keep increasing the pace of progress, we’ve been making shifts to simplify our structures along the way,” Pichai added.