The point is unmistakable: What they are doing matters to the chief executive. Jeffrey Dean, the celebrated Google engineer who oversees the Brain lab, is a short walk from Mr. Pichai. As start-ups grow, they often put key technology teams next to the chief executive. If a chief executive is close to these researchers, he or she is learning from them. lab is no longer side by side with Mr. Zuckerberg because it also grew too large.

Source: New York Times February 19, 2018 18:03 UTC