John Jumper: leaving Google DeepMind after nearly 9 years to join Anthropic

Jumper writes that after nearly nine years he has decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic, after taking some time to recharge. He thanks GDM and says Demis Hassabis "took a real chance" letting him lead the AlphaFold team six months after finishing his PhD. (Text taken from the search-result snippet; the full post has not been fetched.)

A bit of news: After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic (after taking some time to recharge). I am incredibly grateful for my time at GDM. @demishassabis took a real chance letting me lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing my PhD, and the entire GDM team taught me so much about how to do great science. GDM is a special place, and I’ll still be excited to hear about what amazing things they discover next.

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