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12Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Google paid $15 Million to Amit Singhal on Sexual Harassment Case

World's leading search engine giant Google has paid total $105 million to two of his executives accused of sexual harassment. The news was first reported by wall street journal. The suit mentioned that the Board of Google-approved $105 million exit offer to Rubin and Amit Singhal. The suit describe how Singhal “was allowed to quietly resign at Google in 2016 in the wake of credible allegations of sexual harassment, and was paid millions in severance.” The filed suit was also revealed that Google agreed to pay $45 million to Singhal, but ended up paying just $15 million because he went to work for a competitor. Google initially agreed to pay Singhal annual cash payments of $15 million, to be paid 12 months and then 24 months after his exit. Google offered an additional maximum of...

9Apr By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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DriveU Raises Funding From Ex-Google Inc Executive Amit Singhal

DriveU, a startup that specializes in providing private drivers on-demand, recently secured Rs 1.6 Cr in a Pre-Series A round funding led by ex google executive Amitabh and Shilpa Singhal’s investment vehicle, Living Trust. The startup operated by Humble Mobile Solutions Private Limited first allotted 6449 shares at Rs 10 each and a premium of 2,490. While it was rumoured that Amit Singhal and DriveU’s existing investor, Unitus Seed Fund had invested about Rs 20 crore in the startup, it actually seems that the total about of this funding round amounted to Rs 1.6 Cr only. Since inception, DriveU has raised a total of INR 22 Cr from its investors. DriveU is a startup that focuses in providing professional drivers who know the city in and out to its clients who don't want to have the tr...

23Jan By AnkitaNo Comments

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Ex- Googler Amit Singhal Joins Uber

Amit Singhal, the father of google search ranking system now joining Uber as SVP of Engineering. The news itself was published by Amit Singhal on his blog, After 15 wonderful years at Google working on search, I wasn’t sure that I would find an opportunity as exciting or potentially world-changing. But having spent hours with Travis and many others at the company, I can confidently say Uber fits the bill. First and foremost, I am a huge fan of Uber’s product. Like many people, I can’t remember life before you could push a button and have a car show up in minutes. But what’s most exciting to me is the real-world impact this simple idea—push a button, get a ride—is having in cities around the world. Uber’s technology is transforming urban mobility. My children may never need to own ...

Amit Singhal “Father of Google Ranking Algorithm” Joining GOQii Board of Directors

8Apr By AdityaNo Comments

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Amit Singhal “Father of Google Ranking Algorithm” Joining GOQii Board of Directors

New Delhi (April 8, 2016) - GOQii, a digital health and wellness solution integrating personal coaching with wearable analytics, today announced it has named former Google executive Amit Singhal to its Board of Directors, his first role since leaving his position as Head of Google search. Amit brings more than 20 years of invaluable consumer and business expertise to GOQii and will help guide its expansion into new global markets, the first of which will be the U.S. Amit is widely respected in the tech industry for the ground-breaking advancements he made during his time at Google and other companies. “It’s an exciting time to be at GOQii and we are thrilled to have Amit join our board of directors,” said GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal. “Amit’s expertise is unparalleled and will be in...

Google Search Chief Amit Singhal To Quit, To Be Replaced By AI Head

4Feb By reutersNo Comments

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Google Search Chief Amit Singhal To Quit, To Be Replaced By AI Head

Reuters- Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) said Amit Singhal, the longtime chief of its Internet search business, will leave the company and be replaced by the head of the technology giant's artificial intelligence business. John Giannandrea, currently a vice president of engineering, will replace Singhal, a 15-year Google veteran, once he leaves on Feb. 26. "Search is stronger than ever, and will only get better in the hands of an outstanding set of senior leaders who are already running the show day-to-day," Singhal wrote in a blog post. The appointment of Giannandrea, who joined Google in 2010, underlines the growing importance Silicon Valley is attaching to artificial intelligence technology. Giannandrea led Google's machine learning efforts, applying the technology to produ...

15Oct By NitishNo Comments

Entrepreneurs Talk

Amit Singhal: The master of Google’s “ranking algorithm”

Amit Singhal is the current Senior Vice President and head of head of Google's core ranking team. His main area of interests are Information Retrieval (IR), its application to web search, web graph analysis, and user interfaces for search. Born and brought up In Jhansi this brilliant entrepreneur graduated from IIT Roorkee and the gained his M.S. degree from University of Minnesota Duluth and later in 1996 he entered the prestigious league of Doctorate in the field of Computer Science at Cornell University. According to him, "UMD was the turning point in my life. Studying Information Retrieval with Don Crouch and then Don recommending that I move to Cornell to study with Gerard Salton, is the main reason behind my success today. Don gave me the love for search, I have...