Google has re-poached the founder and CEO of agentic AI app Relay, and some of his team, to help it add more AI features to Google Chrome.
CEO Jacob Bank revealed this week that he was taking the position of VP of Product for Google Chrome after five years away from Google building Relay, an AI workflow and agent-builder app, and bringing several colleagues with him. The app, used to automate common business processes across existing collaboration platforms, closed to free users on 15 August and will cease working completely on 14 September 2026.
Posting on LinkedIn, he said: “I’ve spent my whole career doing one thing: building tools that help people get more done with AI, without sacrificing their personal creativity or insights. And joining the Chrome team is an ideal opportunity to bring those experiences to many, many more.”
Relay launched in July 2021, shortly after Bank left a position as Director of Product Management for Google’s consumer shopping services, and had raised $8.1 million across two funding rounds by the time it first announced its closure in July 2026.
