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Google's top Gemini engineer is leaving for OpenAI less than two years after a $2.7B return

The move comes less than two years after Google paid $2.7 billion to bring Shazeer back from his AI startup Character.AI

Google's top Gemini engineer is leaving for OpenAI less than two years after a $2.7B return

Google's top Gemini engineer is leaving for OpenAI less than two years after a $2.7B return

Published June 18, 2026 · Category: Markets

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The move comes less than two years after Google paid $2.7 billion to bring Shazeer back from his AI startup Character.AI

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Originally published at qz.com.

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