Noam Shazeer Leaves Google to Join OpenAI Ahead of Potential IPO

Noam Shazeer, co-lead of Google's Gemini AI models, has left the company to join OpenAI as it prepares for a potential public offering. His departure comes amid growing competition in the AI sector and could impact investor perceptions around OpenAI’s technical capabilities ahead of its anticipated IPO.

By Darryn Pollock Fri, June 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM GMT+3 2 min read · Yahoo Finance ·

Noam Shazeer Leaves Google to Join OpenAI Ahead of Potential IPO

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