As the AI model market heats up, Google DeepMind is seeking to get a leg up on the competition by hiring former Yale professor and Bridgewater Associates chief scientist as its new chief strategy officer.
As Google seeks to win AI model market share from OpenAI and Anthropic, the company’s AI unit, DeepMind, has hired Jasjeet Sekhon—a former Harvard and Yale professor and Bridgewater Associates chief scientist—as its new chief strategy officer.
“AGI [artificial general intelligence] will be a world-changing technology without precedent, accelerating science, medicine and human productivity in profound ways. I am committed to shepherding this technology responsibly to benefit everyone,” said Sekhon in a LinkedIn post Thursday.
“I am joining Google DeepMind because I believe it is the frontier lab best positioned to develop AGI safely to empower humans,” said Sekhon.
Over the past year, Google DeepMind has launched several new AI models including its Gemini 3 Series, Gemini Deep Think, AlphaGenome, Nano Banana and SpeciesNet.
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Sekhon will work directly with DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis to continue to drive AI innovation and R&D efforts.
The DeepMind CEO said on LinkedIn that he’s “thrilled” to hire Sekhon as its new chief strategy officer, who will “partner with me on strategy cutting across research, commercialization, policy and more.”
New DeepMind Chief Strategy Officer’s History
Google DeepMind’s new chief strategy officer previously held professorships at some of the world’s top universities, including Harvard; University of California, Berkeley; and most recently a five-year stint as a data and political science professor at Yale.
Alongside his professor roles, he spent the past eight years at investment management firm Bridgewater Associates as head of AI and chief scientist for its AIA Labs.
“In 2023, I co-founded AIA Labs at Bridgewater alongside co-CIO Greg Jensen. I was drawn to developing AI for markets because markets are the ultimate game: They cannot be solved, and their benchmarks cannot be saturated,” Sekhon said.
“Today, AIA Labs manages billions of dollars and generates alpha in global markets,” he said, adding that he will join Bridgewater Associates’ board of directors.
DeepMind CEO Says AGI ‘Impact Will Be Profound’
DeepMind CEO Hassabis said AGI has the potential to be the ultimate tool to accelerate science and medicine, as well as improve productivity.
“The impact will be profound, but the challenges and complexities are also enormous,” said Hassabis. “Thoughtfulness and foresight will be critical as we seek to steward this technology safely into the world to benefit everyone.
“As part of our contribution to that effort, I’m thrilled to welcome Jas,” he said. “Super excited to be working with Jas to accelerate this important work at such a critical time for this technology.”
DeepMind’s new chief strategy officer says he’s looking forward to his next chapter at Google.
“I am deeply grateful to everyone at Bridgewater, Yale, Berkeley, and people across the AI community who have made the last several years so meaningful,” Sekhon said.
Google’s $185 Billion AI Investment
Google generated $114 billion in total revenue during the fourth quarter of 2025, representing an 18 percent increase year over year.
Google’s cloud and AI business, Google Cloud, generated $17.7 billion in total sales in the fourth quarter of 2025, up 48 percent year over year.
“Google Cloud ended 2025 at an annual run rate of over $70 billion, representing a wide breadth of customers, driven by demand for AI products,” said Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report.
“We’re seeing our AI investments and infrastructure drive revenue and growth across the board,” the CEO said. “To meet customer demand and capitalize on the growing opportunities we have ahead of us, our 2026 CapEx investments are anticipated to be in the range of $175 [billion] to $185 billion.”
