Thinking Machines Lab cofounder Barret Zoph joins Google
Barret Zoph, a cofounder of artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab, will join Alphabet-owned unit Google DeepMind, Zoph said on Wednesday. Zoph will join Google's DeepMind as Vice President of Research after serving as Vice President of Research at OpenAI.
- ✓Barret Zoph, a cofounder of artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab, will join Alphabet-owned unit Google DeepMind, Zoph said on Wednesday.
- ✓Zoph spent six years with Google as a research scientist in Google Brain, which was later merged with DeepMind to form Google DeepMind in 2023.
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SynopsisBarret Zoph, a cofounder of artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab, will join Alphabet-owned unit Google DeepMind, Zoph said on Wednesday. Zoph will join Google's DeepMind as Vice President of Research after serving as Vice President of Research at OpenAI.
AgenciesBarret Zoph, a cofounder of artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab, will join Alphabet-owned unit Google DeepMind, Zoph said on Wednesday.
Zoph will join Google's DeepMind as Vice President of Research after serving as Vice President of Research at OpenAI.
Zoph made a brief return to his former employer, OpenAI, after leaving Thinking Machines earlier this year, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The move is the latest in a series of AI-driven reshuffles at the company, including DeepMind CEO Dennis Hassabis stepping aside this month.
Zoph spent six years with Google as a research scientist in Google Brain, which was later merged with DeepMind to form Google DeepMind in 2023.
Alphabet's shakeup of the AI lab included a revelation during an all-hands meeting on August 6 that some teams were moving out of DeepMind and into corporate Google, Reuters reported earlier this month, citing two sources.
(Reporting by Natalia Bueno Rebolledo in Mexico City and Sathvi G Bhat in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
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| Publication Date | 27 August 2026 |