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Posted:
9:39 AM PDT · June 20, 2026
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John Jumper, who shared a recent Nobel Prize in chemistry, announced Friday that he’s making the leap to Anthropic after “nearly 9 years” at Google DeepMind.
Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic | TechCrunch
Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.
TL;DRAI
John Jumper, 2024 Nobel laureate for AlphaFold, leaves DeepMind after 9 years to join Anthropic. The defection signals talent redistribution in foundation-model competition: Anthropic/OpenAI poaching top researchers as Google struggles with commercial AI monetization.
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