> Neither side “won” this merger. I think both Brain and DeepMind lose. I expect to see many project cancellations, project mergers, and reallocations of headco

> Neither side “won” this merger. I think both Brain and DeepMind lose. I expect to see many project cancellations, project mergers, and reallocations of headcount over the next few months, as well as attrition. This merger will be a big test for Sundar, who has openly admitted years ago to there being major trust issues [1]. Can Sundar maintain the perspective of being the alpha company while bleeding a ton of talent that doesn't actively contribute to tech dominance? Or will he piss off the wrong people internally? It's OK to have a Google Plus / Stadia failure if the team really wanted to do the project. If the team does _not_ want to work together though, and they fail, then Sundar's request that the orgs work together to save the company is going to get totally ignored in the finger-pointing. [1] https://www.axios.com/2019/10/26/google-trust-employee-immigration https://www.axios.com/2019/10/26/google-trust-employee-immig... .