Nobel laureate John Jumper departs DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years
Jumper, a key figure behind AlphaFold, cited DeepMind’s scientific culture and leadership as reasons for his departure.
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- John Jumper, co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold, is leaving DeepMind after nearly nine years.
- Jumper announced his move to Anthropic in a post on X, praising DeepMind’s leadership and scientific environment.
- Bloomberg reports Jumper was a key member of Google’s team developing coding tools.
John Jumper, who shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on AlphaFold, announced he is leaving DeepMind after nearly nine years at the lab. In a post on X, Jumper thanked DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis for giving him the opportunity to lead the AlphaFold team shortly after completing his PhD, and reflected on the scientific culture he experienced at DeepMind.
Jumper’s move to Anthropic follows a report by Bloomberg that he was a key member of Google’s team developing coding tools, an area where Google has faced challenges commercializing internally developed AI systems for enterprise adoption.
The announcement comes amid a broader set of high-profile departures from DeepMind, including Noam Shazeer, co-founder of Character AI, who is joining OpenAI.
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