AlphaFold leader John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic
John Jumper, the 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, is leaving after about nine years and will join Anthropic. He led the team and shared the Nobel Prize with chief executive Demis Hassabis. He plans to take some time off before starting at Anthropic.
The item also says Google had recently moved him toward work instead of science work. This follows another major AI talent move: Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer left for OpenAI. was also described as having recently lost David Silver, known for AlphaGo.
Anthropic has also hired Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI and former Tesla AI lead, to work on Claude p.
Key points
- John Jumper led at .
- He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and is moving to Anthropic.
- The item says Google had him working on rather than science.
- Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer moved to OpenAI, and David Silver was also said to have left .
- Anthropic also hired Andrej Karpathy to work on Claude p.