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John Jumper will be joining Anthropic
Jun 20, 2026
04:19 pm
What's the storyJohn Jumper, Vice President of Google DeepMind and a 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, has announced his departure from the company.
He will be joining Anthropic after nearly 9 years at Google DeepMind. This is the third high-profile exit from DeepMind in as many months.
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