Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer to join IPO-bound OpenAI
Reuters 4 months ago 54
Noam Shazeer, co-lead of Google's Gemini project and a Transformers paper author, is departing Google to join OpenAI before its planned IPO. No specific IPO date has been announced, but the move signals OpenAI's continued recruitment of senior AI researchers from major competitors. Shazeer's departure strengthens OpenAI's technical leadership as the company prepares for public markets.