Google DeepMind’s product director Dave Citron joins Microsoft as new corporate VP

Dave Citron, a former senior director of product at Google DeepMind , has joined Microsoft as a corporate vice president, marking the latest high-profile departure in the escalating battle for AI talent. Citron, who will serve as the Corporate Vice President of Product at Microsoft AI , announced the move in a LinkedIn post, stating he was “energized by Microsoft AI’s pace, principles, and product craft.” The hire is a significant win for Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman , who is actively recruiting top talent from his former employer. Suleyman, a co-founder of DeepMind, has promised a startup-like atmosphere at Microsoft AI to attract leading researchers and product leaders. Citron is the latest in a series of Google and DeepMind leaders to make the move to Microsoft. Reports from The Wall Street Journal and CNBC indicate that Microsoft has hired roughly two dozen employees from Google’s AI research lab in recent months, including longtime Google leaders Amar Subramanya and Adam Sadovsky, who both joined Microsoft in CVP roles this summer. Citron is no stranger to Microsoft, having spent nearly a decade at the company earlier in his career before joining Google. A 2005 graduate of the University of Washington’s computer
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