--- title: Google Paid $2.7 Billion To Bring Back an AI Genius Who... description: Google spent $2.7 billion to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, who previously quit in frustration in 2021 to start his own company, Character.AI. The search giant... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-paid-2-7-billion-to-bring-back-an-ai-genius-who-quit-in-frustration-va0zjlyh3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google Paid $2.7 Billion To Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration | daily.dev og:description: Google spent $2.7 billion to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, who previously quit in frustration in 2021 to start his own company, Character.AI. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@multtitalenti** · 0 upvotes > 2.6 bill . . . cheap mofos they could give 3 bill. to the man **@copyshoveteach** · 0 upvotes > Money talks **@mcqatermcgin** · 0 upvotes > okay **@ugurkazdal** · 0 upvotes > nice :D **@isaaq** · 0 upvotes > That's unrealistic --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-paid-2-7-billion-to-bring-back-an-ai-genius-who-quit-in-frustration-va0zjlyh3) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google Paid $2.7 Billion To Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-paid-2-7-billion-to-bring-back-an-ai-genius-who-quit-in-frustration-va0zjlyh3","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-paid-2-7-billion-to-bring-back-an-ai-genius-who-quit-in-frustration-va0zjlyh3"},"datePublished":"2024-09-26T17:41:10.125Z","dateModified":"2024-12-09T12:28:47.583Z","description":"Google spent $2.7 billion to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, who previously quit in frustration in 2021 to start his own company, Character.AI. 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