# New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team

Anu Madgavkar and Daniel Rock join as research program directors, alongside academic advisor Philippe Aghion and visiting fellow Ajay Agrawal.

- Anu Madgavkar, formerly of the McKinsey Global Institute, will lead empirical research on global AI diffusion, small businesses, and workforce impacts.
- Daniel Rock from the Wharton School will bridge model telemetry with econometrics to study enterprise productivity and labor restructuring.
- 2025 Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion joins as an academic advisor to model AI's macroeconomic trajectory.
- Ajay Agrawal joins as a visiting fellow focusing on AI, robotics, and scientific discovery.

## Why it matters

Google is expanding dedicated economic research leadership to analyze workforce restructuring and enterprise productivity trends driven by generative AI.

## Sources

- [Google AI: New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/expanding-ai-economy-research-bench)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-18. https://dstilled.ai/story/467cc71a-b2de-493f-9bd0-9723ebc94027