Relay shuts down and CEO joins Google Chrome: what’s next for browser AI
ai workflow startup relay is shutting down and its ceo jacob bank is joining google chrome as vp of product. this signals google's aggressive push to embed deeper ai capabilities directly into the browser experience.
ai workflow startup relay is shutting down operations on september 14, with founder jacob bank rejoining google as vp of product for chrome. bank, who previously led product for gmail and calendar, will now oversee chrome's product and developer relations teams with a focus on ai agents. he cited chrome as an ideal environment to scale ai tools to a massive audience, noting upcoming plans for ai collaboration in the browser. this acquisition-of-talent comes as google integrates gemini across its ecosystem and reports the ai assistant has surpassed 1 billion users.