Microsoft has reportedly hired more than two dozen employees from Google’s DeepMind, the artificial intelligence research lab. From top management to others, Alphabet’s Google has undergone a major reshuffle in its employees. As tensions escalate between Copilot and Gemini, several key roles have now become vacant
As the Copilot-Gemini tiff deepens, even core positions have been left without a name.
This trend has also been observed when OpenAI’s Sam Altman revealed that Meta offered the firm’s employees a $100 million signing bonus. Following this, Meta hired Scale AI CEO Alenxadr Wang and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. Earlier this month, Google signed a $2.4 million deal with Windsurf’s Indian-origin CEO Varun Mohan.
Google DeepMind restructuring
On Tuesday, July 22, Amar Subramanya announced on LinkedIn that he has joined Microsoft AI as a corporate vice president. Subramanya previously spent over 15 years at Google, where he most recently served as vice president of engineering, leading development of the Gemini assistant.
Similarly, in June, Adam Sadovsky was with Google for nearly 18 years. Most recently, he held the post of a decorated software engineer and senior director at DeepMind, who walked off with Microsoft’s end of the deal, reported CNBC.
Microsoft’s newest hires also joined the software company’s AI group led by Suleyman, under the direct supervision of CEO Satya Nadella. Suleyman was among the co-founders of Google’s DeepMind. However, he left in 2022 to join Microsoft as an executive, bringing several of his former employees with him.
What about the Microsoft layoffs?
2025 had seen significant layoffs from all tech giants such as Microsoft, Intel, and Amazon, among others. More than 9000 employees fell victim to the massive job cuts across all major divisions, especially in Xbox. Integrating AI and cutting business costs seems to be the main cause of the layoffs. Analysts also note that the job cuts have been made across 70% of critical teams in the last two years. However, as Microsoft continues to hire new talent from Google and other competitors, it raises serious questions from the existing workforce.
