# Demis Hassabis

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-06-22**: Alphabet Shares Plunge — Alphabet stock falls as much as 7.2% intraday, the biggest single-day drop since February, amid broader tech sell-off.
- **2026-06-20**: Jumper Announces Move to Anthropic — John Jumper reveals over the weekend that he is leaving Google DeepMind to join rival Anthropic.
- **2026-06**: Noam Shazeer Leaves Google — Shazeer, a leading AI researcher, departs Google for OpenAI, reported the week prior to June 22.
- **2024-10-09**: Nobel Prize Awarded — John Jumper and Demis Hassabis receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the AlphaFold protein-prediction AI model.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 7.2% Stock Drop After 2 AI Stars Exit: HR Lessons from Alphabet’s Talent Flight
2026-06-22 17:17:37 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Alphabet’s loss of two top AI researchers to rivals triggered a sharp market sell-off, spotlighting the fierce war for elite tech talent. How retention failures at scale can erode billions in value—and what CHROs must learn from this episode.
Full story: https://gethrbrief.com/story/alphabet-ai-talent-exodus-hr-impact

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