Madhu Gurumurthy, who spent nearly a decade leading product strategy at Google, has joined Meta to work on AI products. He announced the move on X, saying Meta is positioned to advance AI agents. Gurumurthy played a key role in Google’s Gemini AI initiatives and previously served as Head of Product.

Madhu Gurumurthy, who spent close to a decade steering product strategy at Google, has confirmed his departure from the company to join Meta. The move was announced by Gurumurthy himself on X, where he posted a farewell note reflecting on his run at the search giant.

Gurumurthy shared the news through a post that read, "Personal update: I’ve joined Meta to build AI products. While SWE agents have transformed software engineering, agents in most other complex systems are still early. Most people haven’t yet felt the full power of AI agents. Meta is well positioned to change that. Time to build.. His LinkedIn profile has since been updated to reflect Meta as his new employer, listed under the 'Experience' section of his professional page. Gurumurthy has not publicly detailed his exact designation or team at Meta.

Career span At Google

Gurumurthy joined Google in December 2017 and rose to become Head of Product, a role in which he oversaw enterprise AI models and drove the success of the Gemini family and specialized products. Industry commentary around his Google tenure repeatedly linked him to some of the company's most prominent artificial intelligence launches, with his own social media bio describing him as a Product Leader at Google working across Gemini, Veo, and Nano Banana.