Google DeepMind Loses Transformer Inventor and Nobel Laureate to Rivals in 48 Hours
About This Episode
Noam Shazeer, co-inventor of the Transformer architecture powering every major AI model, left Google for OpenAI on June 18. The next day, Nobel Prize winner John Jumper announced he was leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years. The dual departure represents the most significant talent loss in AI history, coming as both OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for trillion-dollar IPOs.
Our Take
The man who built the engine powering every AI model on Earth just walked out of Google, and the IPO-fueled talent war tells us who is winning the race to control artificial intelligence.
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