India, July 24 -- After 16 years at Google, Indian-origin research scientist Amar Subramanya has joined Microsoft. Subramanya will bring 24 years of total experience to his role as Corporate Vice President of AI at Microsoft.

In a post shared on LinkedIn, the former Google employee said he was "super excited" to join Microsoft. He also praised the culture at the company as "refreshingly low ego" in what some people read as a dig at his former employer. Subramanya was the former head of engineering for Google's Gemini chatbot.

"Super excited to share that I've started a new position as Corporate VP, AI at Microsoft AI," Amar Subramanya said in his LinkedIn post. "Just one week into my new role, I'm already feeling deeply energized. The c...