Hires tracker
Who joined Google DeepMind in 2025
3 recorded hires, newest first, each with the role, the date, a source and a confidence label. The AILately.com Desk adds to this list as the Signal publishes. Last entry 2025-07-11.
Douglas Chen to Google DeepMind as AI Leader, Google DeepMind
Paired with Mohan's move, it gave Google a complete coding-agent leadership team rather than a single hire.
Varun Mohan to Google DeepMind as AI Leader, Google DeepMind
Established the license-and-hire template Google reused twice inside eighteen months to add frontier talent while avoiding a formal acquisition.
Noam Shazeer to Google DeepMind as AI Leader, Google DeepMind
Google's first use of the license-and-hire structure, reclaiming talent it had let walk away three years earlier.