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Google expands its AI & Economy research team
Google is adding academic advisors, fellows and core internal researchers to its AI & Economy team. The change is to the team's composition, moving from an internal group to one supplemented by external academic expertise.
Feature18 Sept 2026Google
What it means for a SaaS brand
Nothing to act on this week, this is a research hiring update with no change to how Google's AI surfaces cite or rank sources. Worth noting only as a signal of where Google is putting economic research weight.
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