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Nobel-winning AI scientist quits Google DeepMind for Anthropic in major talent shake-up

AlphaFold co-creator joins Anthropic as competition for top AI researchers intensifies

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June 20, 2026 | 10:48

Nathaniel Lacsina

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The race to build the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence is no longer just about better models or faster chips. Increasingly, it is becoming a competition for the people behind the breakthroughs.

That competition intensified after John Jumper, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped create Google DeepMind’s revolutionary AlphaFold system, announced he was leaving the company after nearly nine years to join AI startup Anthropic.

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Jumper, who shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis, is widely recognised for co-leading the development of AlphaFold, an AI system capable of predicting the three-dimensional structures of proteins with remarkable accuracy.

The technology has transformed biological research by predicting more than 200 million protein structures, dramatically accelerating research in medicine, genetics and drug discovery that previously took years or even decades.

In a post on X announcing his departure, Jumper described Google DeepMind as a “special place” while saying he planned to take a short break before beginning his next chapter at Anthropic. His future role at the company has not yet been disclosed.

Another high-profile departure

Jumper’s move comes just days after another prominent Google AI researcher, Noam Shazeer, announced he was leaving the company to join OpenAI, underscoring the increasingly fierce battle among AI co

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