# Google co-founder Brin pushes DeepMind to speed up Gemini AI 2026-08-13T06:42:20+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been pressing DeepMind employees to go all in on the Gemini model as the company struggles to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic. Reuters reports that Brin spoke to hundreds of staff at an April town hall, urging them to move faster after Anthropic previewed its Claude Mythos model. Google had briefly overtaken rivals last November but new updates from competitors put it back in catch-up mode. By August, Google delayed its next flagship Gemini version by two months after internal testing showed it still trailed rivals in coding. On August 5, Google overhauled DeepMind leadership: Demis Hassabis stepped aside as chief to become chair, and deputy Koray Kavukcuoglu took over. The two original technical co-leads of Gemini quit to co-found a startup. An all-hands meeting on August 6 confirmed that some teams would move from DeepMind into Google's corporate structure, eroding the lab's autonomy. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - thehindu.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: AI, corporate restructuring, DeepMind, Gemini, Google, Sergey Brin Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/google-reshuffles-ai-division-as-gemini-lags-rivals/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/google-reshuffles-ai-division-as-gemini-lags-rivals/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.