Koray Kavukcuoglu
SVP running Google DeepMind; Chief AI Architect, Google · as of 2026-10-04 · source
Took operational control of Google DeepMind (Gemini models, frontier research, Gemini app) in August 2026, reporting to Sundar Pichai.
Role changes
- 2026-08-05 Took over day-to-day leadership of Google DeepMind as SVP after Hassabis stepped aside source
News mentioning Koray Kavukcuoglu (4)
- Google announces Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier model, first released only to cyber defenders via the Fairwind Program ★★★★★
On Sept 30, 2026 Google DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Argon, its first new flagship since Gemini 3.1 Pro. It is a frontier model for coding, enterprise knowledge work and cyber defense, with a 1M-token output limit (previously 64K). Google's own table shows it leading or tied on 14 of 19 benchmark…
- DeepMind says Gemini 4 has entered post-training and will ship "much earlier" than end of 2026 ★★★
At The Information's AI Agenda Live summit (reported 24–25 Sept 2026), new DeepMind head Koray Kavukcuoglu said Gemini 4 is in early post-training and that Google intends to release an early post-training version "as soon as possible", well before year-end, followed by iterative updates. Google…
- Demis Hassabis steps aside as Google DeepMind CEO; Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over, Jeff Dean leaves ★★★★
In early August 2026 Demis Hassabis handed day-to-day control of Google DeepMind to CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu (as SVP reporting to Sundar Pichai), becoming DeepMind chair and Alphabet chief scientist while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. Pichai's memo also announced Jeff Dean's departure to found…
- Google unveils Gemini Omni, an any-to-any model that generates and conversationally edits video ★★★★
Gemini Omni, announced at I/O on 19 May 2026, is Google's first "any-to-any" model family: Gemini Omni Flash takes text, images, audio and video in one prompt and outputs physics-aware video that can be edited turn-by-turn in plain language, with SynthID watermarks. It rolled out to paid…
Posts (3)
- Koray Kavukcuoglu: sharing Argon 'as soon as possible', starting with Fairwind defenders original ↗ koray kavukcuoglu @koraykv · x · 2026-09-30
Statement by the executive who authored the launch blog and runs Google DeepMind day to day (low reach, ~2.5K views). - The next chapter of our AI momentum original ↗ Sundar Pichai & Demis Hassabis @sundarpichai · blog · 2026-08-05
The official memo that restructured Google DeepMind: Hassabis to chair/chief scientist, Kavukcuoglu to run GDM, Jeff Dean leaving. - Sundar Pichai announces Google DeepMind leadership changes original ↗ Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai · x · 2026-08-05
Google's CEO publicly announced that Hassabis would step up to Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, ending his run as day-to-day CEO.
Videos (3)
- GEMINI 4 is nuts... Wes Roth · 2026-10-01
- [BREAKING] Gemini 4 Argon Arrives! #1 in 13 out of 19 Official Benchmarks, Google Strikes Back! AI時短ラボ · 2026-09-30
- Gemini 4 Argon, Google's STRONGEST Model Is Here, This Changes Everything... Universe of AI · 2026-09-30
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