Expedia Cuts Eight Executives as It Reorganizes Around AI

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Expedia Group is shedding several senior leaders and shifting others around in to reshape leadership and work structure. The goal: To help product and technology efforts move faster.

Expedia Group has cut eight senior leaders, shifting authority from coordinating executives to focus on smaller AI-focused squads capable of building closer to the brands they support.

According to a memo obtained by GeekWire, Sachin Singh, senior vice president of book-to-trip technology, and seven other vice presidents covering payments, fraud and risk, and self-service tools are leaving the company. Their responsibilities will be divided among remaining tech executives, the chief information security officer, and finance.

The group at the center of the reorg is sizable: Expedia said in its most recent annual report that roughly half of its 16,000 employees work in technology roles, putting the product and tech group at about 8,000 people. In earlier conversations with Skift, the company estimated that 5,000 are engineers.

"AI has radically changed what's possible," Chief Product Officer Shilpa Ranganathan and Chief Technology Officer Ramana Th

Reporting originally appeared via Skift Travel News. Read the full source for additional context.