The co-head of the twins is leaving Google to join OpenAI

Noam Shazeer, vice president of engineering at Google and co-head of Gemini, has announced that he is stepping down to work on OpenAI.

Noam Shazeer announced Post on Twitter/X Tonight, he will be leaving Google to join OpenAI. The post didn’t mention his new role, but it’s a big change since Shazeer’s role, which he’s held since August 2024, according to LinkedIn, is Shazeer’s co-head of Gemini and VP of Engineering at Google. profile.

I am excited to share that I will be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there.

It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It was an honor and a pleasure…

— Noam Shazeer (@NoamShazeer) June 18, 2026

Before co-heading Gemini, Shazeer worked as a software engineer from 2000 to 2021, before returning to Google as CEO of Character.ai from late 2021 to 2024. A License agreement between Google and Character.ai it was prepared in the same month.

talking to ReutersGoogle said the company is “grateful for Noam’s meaningful contributions to Google over the years.”

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