# Noam Shazeer

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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.
- **2026-06-22**: Alphabet shares drop nearly 7% — Alphabet Inc.'s stock falls by its largest margin in about a year as investors react to the AI talent flight and competitive warnings from Satya Nadella.
- **2026-06-20**: Jumper Announces Move to Anthropic — John Jumper reveals over the weekend that he is leaving Google DeepMind to join rival Anthropic.
- **2026-06-19**: John Jumper announces move to Anthropic — Senior executive at Google DeepMind and co-creator of AlphaFold, John Jumper, announces on Friday that he is joining Anthropic, a leading AI safety company.
- **2026-06**: Noam Shazeer Leaves Google — Shazeer, a leading AI researcher, departs Google for OpenAI, reported the week prior to June 22.
- **2026-06**: Noam Shazeer departs Google for OpenAI — Google's VP of engineering and co-lead of Gemini AI models, Noam Shazeer, leaves to join OpenAI. Shazeer had returned to Google in 2024 via the acquisition of his startup Character.AI.
- **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 (2 stories)

### 7% Stock Crash on AI Talent Flight: Google's $141B War for Retaining Top Minds
2026-06-23 00:33:16 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

The defection of Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer and DeepMind’s John Jumper to rivals amplifies the already fierce AI talent war, forcing HR executives to rethink retention strategies as Alphabet’s $141 billion investment hangs in the balance.
Full story: https://gethrbrief.com/story/alphabet-ai-talent-exodus-hr

### 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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