Konstantina Christakopoulou is a senior research engineer in Google DeepMind, leading efforts around AI agents that help improve people’s lives. She has founded and tech led the Project ALLY Google Brain Moonshot, aimed at the next-generation of assistive recommendation helping users throughout their lifelong journey. She has led multiple cross-PA efforts on aligning industrial recommendation platforms with human values, publishing in top-tier conferences and delivering 20+ launches, working closely with senior leadership at Google. Prior to Google, she received her PhD from the University of Minnesota, during which she completed research internships in Google Research and Microsoft Research, and first-authored influential works on conversational recommendation.