Overview

• Microsoft recruited 24 researchers, engineers and product specialists from Google’s DeepMind team over the past six months.
• Amar Subramanya, former engineering head for Google’s Gemini chatbot, joined Microsoft AI as corporate vice president to lead advancements in Copilot and Bing.
• Other notable DeepMind alumni—including Sonal Gupta, Adam Sadovsky and Tim Frank—now hold leadership roles within Microsoft’s expanding AI division.
• Under Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft has cut more than 15,000 jobs this year and made AI tool use mandatory for all remaining employees.
• Rival firms such as Meta are offering sign-on bonuses up to $100 million to secure top AI researchers as the competition for talent heats up.