BREAKING
Shazeer Leaves Google for OpenAI
A Two-Decade AI Career
2000
Joins Google
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2017
Co-authors Transformer
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2021
Founds Character.AI
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2024
Back to Gemini
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2026
Joins OpenAI
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B
Character.AI deal ($)
0
yr
Time back at Google
A Talent Win and a Blow
OpenAI
Gains
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Adds Transformer co-author
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Deepens technical bench
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Altman: worth the wait
Google
Loses
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Gemini co-lead departs
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Grateful for his work
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Loss for DeepMind
Role at OpenAI Not Yet Clear
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Transformer co-author and Gemini lead Noam Shazeer is joining OpenAI.