BREAKING
Gemini Co-Lead Shazeer Joins OpenAI
Transformer Co-Author on the Move
Shazeer's Career Path
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Joined Google 2000
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Transformer 2017
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3
Character.AI 2021
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4
Back to Google 2024
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5
OpenAI 2026
0
B
2024 deal value
0
yr
since his return
A Win for OpenAI, a Blow to Google
OpenAI gain
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Transformer design expertise
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Boost to scaling and reasoning
Google loss
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Lost talent within two years
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Blow to Gemini development
Personnel Move, No New Specs Yet
AI NEWS BLITZ
Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is moving to OpenAI, revealed in mid-June 2026.