# Prachi Gupta

> Prachi Gupta is VP of Engineering at Google, leading the Workspace Communication & Time Management portfolio - Gmail, Chat, Calendar, and Tasks - for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. A graduate of IIT Roorkee and Ohio State University, she spent over eight years as VP of Engineering at YouTube before moving to Workspace, where she now sits at the intersection of Google's AI transformation and its most-used productivity tools. Her current mandate: turning Gmail into a Gemini-powered personal proactive assistant.

- **Role:** VP Engineering, Google Workspace Communication & Time Management Products at Google
- **Organizations:** Google, YouTube
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
- **Known for:** Led engineering at YouTube - one of the world's largest video platforms - for over 8 years, Driving Google Workspace AI transformation with Gemini integration across Gmail, Chat, Calendar, and Tasks, Introduced Workspace Intelligence, delivering unified real-time understanding to power agentic work

## Career timeline

- **~2000** — Began career in engineering; early roles at Intel and Yahoo
- **2015-02** — Joined YouTube as VP of Engineering
- **2015-2023** — Led engineering at YouTube for 8+ years, overseeing major platform initiatives
- **2023-04** — Moved to Google Workspace as VP/GM, Google Core User Protection
- **2023+** — Became VP Engineering for Google Workspace Communication & Time Management (Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Tasks)
- **2024** — Led Workspace Intelligence initiative, integrating Gemini AI into Gmail and Workspace products
- **2025-2026** — Championed Gmail's transformation into an AI-first, Gemini-powered platform at Google Cloud Next 2026

## Achievements

- Led engineering at YouTube - one of the world's largest video platforms - for over 8 years
- Driving Google Workspace AI transformation with Gemini integration across Gmail, Chat, Calendar, and Tasks
- Introduced Workspace Intelligence, delivering unified real-time understanding to power agentic work
- Championed the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and new Agent Designer at Google Cloud Next 2026
- Presented on building and managing diverse engineering teams at the Executive Leadership Conference (ELC)
- Manages engineering across multiple high-scale products used by hundreds of millions worldwide
- IIT Roorkee alumna and MS graduate from The Ohio State University

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Featured at Google Cloud Next 2026 highlighting Workspace Intelligence and Gemini-powered agentic features
- **2025** — Led the integration of Gemini models into Gmail, positioning it as an AI-first communication platform
- **2024** — Announced Workspace Intelligence initiative delivering unified, real-time AI understanding across Workspace apps

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaprachi/

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Last updated: 2026-05-31