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Jun 24, 2026
Key AI Researchers Depart Google for Competitors Anthropic and OpenAI
Jun 24, 2026
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Prominent AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google to join Anthropic, following the recent departure of Noam Shazeer to OpenAI. These exits highlight a growing trend of talent migration from Google as rival companies prepare for public offerings and seek to attract top talent.
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- Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, having contributed to the development of the Gemini model.
- Noam Shazeer, a notable AI researcher with a long tenure at Google, recently announced his move to OpenAI.
- Shazeer had previously left Google to work on his startup, Character.AI, which was later acquired by Google.
- John Jumper, Director at Google DeepMind, also announced his departure to Anthropic shortly after Shazeer's announcement.
- Jumper, alongside DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for advancements in protein structure prediction.
- The trend of researchers leaving Google may continue as OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for public offerings, making them attractive options for top AI talent.
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