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Bloomberg · United States · Two senior Gemini researchers set to leave Google for Anthropic as AI talent drain continues
Bloomberg reported that Jonas Adler, who led AI coding initiatives within Google's Gemini team, and Alexander Pritzel, a senior training researcher, are set to leave Google for Anthropic. The departures follow John Jumper, the DeepMind director and AlphaFold co-creator who already joined Anthropic, and Noam Shazeer, a Google veteran of more than 20 years and founder of Character.AI, who is reportedly heading to OpenAI. Bloomberg cited pre-IPO equity at Anthropic as the primary pull factor drawing researchers away from Google.
“Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are set to leave Google's Gemini team for Anthropic; Bloomberg cited pre-IPO equity as the primary pull factor.”