AI researchers Adler and Pritzel leave Google for Anthropic
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According to a Bloomberg report cited by TechCrunch, top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic. The report states that Adler and Pritzel played key roles in the development of Google’s Gemini model. TechCrunch reached out to Google for comment on the departures. These moves are part of a broader trend, as last week legendary AI researcher Noam Shazeer announced he was leaving Google for OpenAI. Shazeer had been at Google since 2000, except for three years spent building his chatbot startup Character.AI, which Google effectively acqui-hired for $2.7 billion to bring him back to work on Gemini. Days after Shazeer’s announcement, Google DeepMind director John Jumper said he was leaving Google for Anthropic. Jumper, alongside DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on AlphaFold, which predicts 3D protein structures. The article notes that as OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, this trend could continue, as it is a favorable time for these companies to recruit top AI talent with promises of equity.
What’s reported
Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, according to a Bloomberg report.
Adler and Pritzel played key roles in developing Google’s Gemini model.
TechCrunch reached out to Google for comment.
Last week, Noam Shazeer announced he was leaving Google for OpenAI.
Shazeer had been at Google since 2000, except for three years building Character.AI, which Google effectively acqui-hired for $2.7 billion.
Google DeepMind director John Jumper said he was leaving Google for Anthropic.
Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Demis Hassabis for work on AlphaFold.
OpenAI and Anthropic are preparing to go public, which could encourage further recruitment of AI talent with equity promises.
Key figures
Jonas Adler: AI researcher leaving Google for Anthropic
Alexander Pritzel: AI researcher leaving Google for Anthropic
Noam Shazeer: Legendary AI researcher who left Google for OpenAI
John Jumper: Google DeepMind director leaving for Anthropic
Demis Hassabis: DeepMind CEO and Nobel Prize winner
Sources: TechCrunch
