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Nobel Winner John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic

Nobel Winner John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic
Bloomberg Technology Friday 19 June 2026, 18:43 UTC By Yash Roy, Julia Love, Rachel Metz 1 min read
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Nobel Winner John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic Google DeepMind Vice President John Jumper, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on artificial intelligence, is leaving the company to join Anthropic PBC. Jumper has been a key member of Google’s AI coding development team and his departure furthers strains the tech giant’s efforts to beat Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the race to build the most powerful AI models.

Nobel Winner John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic Google DeepMind Vice President John Jumper, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on artificial intelligence, is leaving the company to join Anthropic PBC. Jumper has been a key member of Google’s AI coding development team and his departure furthers strains the tech giant’s efforts to beat Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the race to build the most powerful AI models. Google has struggled to sell AI coding tools to businesses, according to former employees.
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