Google’s new AI boss inherits a race to catch OpenAI and Anthropic

Google DeepMind: Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over in frontier AI push Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S. Markets Currencies Prediction Markets Cryptocurrency Futures & Commodities Bonds Funds & ETFs Business Economy Finance Health & Science Media Real Estate Energy Climate Transportation Investigations Industrials Retail Wealth Sports Life Small Business Investing Personal Finance Fintech Financial Advisors Options Action ETF Street Buffett Archive Earnings Trader Talk Tech Cybersecurity AI Enterprise Internet Media Mobile Social Media CNBC Disruptor 50 Tech Guide Politics & Policy White House Policy Defense Congress Expanding Opportunity Video Latest Video Full Episodes Livestream Live Audio Live TV Schedule CNBC Podcasts CEO Interviews CNBC Documentaries Digital Originals Watchlist Investing Club Trust Portfolio Analysis Trade Alerts Meeting Videos Homestretch Jim's Columns Education Subscribe PRO Pro News Josh Brown Mike Santoli Calls of the Day My Portfolio Livestream Full Episodes Stock Screener Market Forecast Options Investing Chart Investing Subscribe Livestream Menu Make It select USA INTL Livestream Search quotes, news & videos Livestream Watchlist SIGN IN Create free account Markets Business Investing Tech Politics & Policy Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Tech Google’s new AI boss inherits a race to catch OpenAI and Anthropic Published Wed, Aug 12 2026 1:00 AM EDT Kai Nicol-Schwarz @in/kains WATCH LIVE Key Points Koray Kavukcuoglu is becoming head of DeepMind, Google's AI unit, and will report directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. He will oversee Gemini model development, frontier AI research and the Gemini app and developer teams. Google is trying to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic as coding becomes an increasingly important battleground in frontier AI. In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Gemini AI signage during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DeepMind's new boss is set to face intense pressure to close the AI performance gap with OpenAI and Anthropic. Bu özet bilgilendirme amaçlıdır, yatırım tavsiyesi değildir. — hisseonlinebot