TechMeme June 19, 2026
The departure of John Jumper, a key member of Google's AI coding development team, further strains Google's efforts to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI (Bloomberg)
John Jumper, Google DeepMind Vice President, is leaving to join Anthropic PBC. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his AI work. Jumper's departure strains Google's efforts to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI.