# Four top researchers leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic and OpenAI in a matter of days

> Losing the people who invented your core technology to the companies you are racing is about as bad a signal as a research lab can send. The pull is not just money, it is the sense that the interesting work and the pre-IPO upside now live somewhere else. Google still has enormous resources, but momentum in AI is made of people, and right now the people are voting with their feet.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: TechCrunch · Published Sunday, July 5, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Losing the people who invented your core technology to the companies you are racing is about as bad a signal as a research lab can send. The pull is not just money, it is the sense that the interesting work and the pre-IPO upside now live somewhere else. Google still has enormous resources, but momentum in AI is made of people, and right now the people are voting with their feet.

## Source

[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/ai-researchers-continue-to-leave-google-for-its-rivals/)

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