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title: "AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-researchers-continue-to-leave-google-for-its-rivals-xpqihch4q
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/ai-researchers-continue-to-leave-google-for-its-rivals
type: article
source: "TechCrunch"
published: 2026-06-24T21:46:42.959Z
updated: 2026-06-24T21:47:01.303Z
tags: ["ai", "google", "openai", "anthropic"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
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# AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Top Google AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are departing for Anthropic, continuing a notable talent exodus from Google. This follows Noam Shazeer's move to OpenAI and Nobel laureate John Jumper's departure to Anthropic. The trend is partly driven by equity incentives as OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for IPOs.

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