Nobel winner John Jumper flees DeepMind for Anthropic
nobel winner john jumper left deepmind for anthropic. the move signals a major talent shift as anthropic lures a top ai scientist.
nobel laureate john jumper announced he is leaving google deepmind to join rival anthropic after nearly nine years with the company. jumper, who led the alphafold team and won the nobel prize in chemistry in 2024, credited deepmind ceo demis hassabis for giving him significant responsibility early in his career. the exit occurs alongside the departure of character ai co-founder noam shazeer, who is joining openai. these moves highlight a consolidating talent war among top ai labs.