Economic Times Tech
6/18/2026
Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer to join IPO-bound OpenAI
Short summary
Noam Shazeer, who co-led Google's Gemini AI model development and was credited with helping it close the competitive gap with OpenAI's ChatGPT, is joining OpenAI as the company prepares for its IPO. The high-profile talent movement represents significant competition between the two AI industry giants. This shift underscores the critical importance of elite technical talent in advancing AI capabilities.
- •Noam Shazeer leaves Google's Gemini team to join OpenAI
- •Shazeer was instrumental in making Gemini competitive with ChatGPT
- •Reflects intensifying talent competition between major AI players
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