Expedia stated its chief know-how officer Rathi Murthy and senior vice chairman of core providers merchandise and engineering Sreenivas Rachamadugu are not employed by the journey reserving firm.
Expedia stated in a press release shared with Bloomberg and others that Murthy and Rachamadugu “are not employed by Expedia Group” attributable to unspecified “violations of firm coverage.”
“We’re actively looking for candidates to fill these positions and stay assured in our know-how, technique and folks,” the corporate stated. “On account of confidentiality considerations, we is not going to be making any additional touch upon this matter.”
TechCrunch reached out to Expedia for affirmation and extra remark. We’ll replace this text if we obtain a response.
The departures of Murthy and Ratcha Madugu appeared sudden. Murthy spoke to TechCrunch in regards to the new AI-driven options introduced earlier this week, which she reportedly demoed at an Expedia assembly with enterprise companions.
They each joined Expedia in 2021, and each got here from TechCrunch’s then-parent firm Verizon Media (now Yahoo).
This is not the corporate’s solely current management change. Ariane Gorin was named Expedia Group’s new CEO in February and formally took over this week.
