A senior executive from one of the world’s largest hedge funds is making the jump to Google’s artificial intelligence division, according to an announcement made Wednesday.
Jasjeet Sekhon, who has been working as Bridgewater Associates’ chief scientist and head of artificial intelligence, will take on the role of chief strategy officer at Google’s DeepMind AI unit. The news was shared by DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis through a LinkedIn post.
Following his departure from his current position, Sekhon will transition to serving on Bridgewater’s board of directors, Hassabis announced.
The move comes as Google, owned by parent company Alphabet, works to close the competitive gap with artificial intelligence frontrunners OpenAI and Anthropic. The tech giant had initially found itself playing catch-up after years of dominating the search engine market.
DeepMind has rolled out multiple new artificial intelligence products over the last 12 months, including an enhanced chatbot and AI system called Gemini, plus a photo editing tool named Nano Banana. These AI developments have contributed to Google’s stock price nearly doubling over the past year.
Sekhon came to Bridgewater in 2018 and was instrumental in developing the company’s artificial intelligence research and investment division, AIA Labs, which operates under Co-Chief Investment Officer Greg Jensen’s leadership.
While at Bridgewater, Sekhon did not handle investment duties. His background includes teaching positions at prestigious universities such as Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley, and Yale, where he worked most recently.
Under CEO Nir Bar Dea’s leadership, Bridgewater achieved record-breaking profits in 2025 during its five-decade history, with the Pure Alpha fund generating a 34% return. The firm recently appointed longtime executive Bob Prince, who has been with the company for 40 years and serves as a chief investment officer, to chair its board.
The hedge fund recently forecasted that major technology corporations including Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft will spend approximately $650 billion combined this year to expand AI infrastructure.
As of September’s end, Bridgewater oversaw roughly $92 billion in assets through various macro-focused funds targeting different markets and geographic regions, including Pure Alpha, All Weather, Asia Total Return, China Total Return, and AIA Macro funds.
