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Google DeepMind is among the leading labs where Google develops AI technology that powers conversational AI chatbots like Bard. In addition to companies like OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, Amazon, and Meta, Facebook’s parent company, Google also faces competition from startups that are trying to get a piece of the pie in this nascent field. Some of these startups are founded by former Google employees, and if a new report is to be believed, one company veteran quit to launch an artificial intelligence startup.
Citing people with knowledge of the matter, The Information reported that Ioannis Antonoglou, who has been a long-time AI researcher at DeepMind, has resigned from the company to establish his own startup. Antonoglou is based in London and is the fourth lead developer of Google’s Gemini, a large language model intended to compete with OpenAI, to leave the company since September, according to the report.
The report claims that before the departure, Gemini had 36 core members. A quick check of Antonoglou’s LinkedIn profile suggests that he worked as a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind from October 2012 to January 2024.
Three Google Deepmind employees leave
The latest development comes a few days after the same publication claimed that three Google Deepmind employees, who helped develop AI that generates images and music, have left the company. Last week, a report claimed that two company employees, Laurent Sifre and Karl Tuyls, were in talks with investors to establish an AI startup in Paris. Both worked with Google’s AI division DeepMind.
However, Google employees leaving the company to establish their own companies is not a problem for Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Reports suggested that in the past, several Google employees left the company to work with OpenAI. Pichai said he didn’t have a problem with it because he was healthy.
“Google employees have gone on to create more than 2,000 new companies, the last time I counted, and I think that’s great. Some of them are cloud customers for us in the future. Some of them come back. I think it’s healthy,” she said.
Citing people with knowledge of the matter, The Information reported that Ioannis Antonoglou, who has been a long-time AI researcher at DeepMind, has resigned from the company to establish his own startup. Antonoglou is based in London and is the fourth lead developer of Google’s Gemini, a large language model intended to compete with OpenAI, to leave the company since September, according to the report.
The report claims that before the departure, Gemini had 36 core members. A quick check of Antonoglou’s LinkedIn profile suggests that he worked as a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind from October 2012 to January 2024.
Three Google Deepmind employees leave
The latest development comes a few days after the same publication claimed that three Google Deepmind employees, who helped develop AI that generates images and music, have left the company. Last week, a report claimed that two company employees, Laurent Sifre and Karl Tuyls, were in talks with investors to establish an AI startup in Paris. Both worked with Google’s AI division DeepMind.
However, Google employees leaving the company to establish their own companies is not a problem for Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Reports suggested that in the past, several Google employees left the company to work with OpenAI. Pichai said he didn’t have a problem with it because he was healthy.
“Google employees have gone on to create more than 2,000 new companies, the last time I counted, and I think that’s great. Some of them are cloud customers for us in the future. Some of them come back. I think it’s healthy,” she said.