Home / TechnologyTechnologyCNBCTechnologyCNBC·Jun 18, 2026·1 min readGoogle Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer leaves for OpenAIGoogle's vice president of engineering and a co-leader of its Gemini AI models announced Wednesday he is leaving the company to join OpenAI.View original source — CNBC ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesTechnologyThe Next WebTechnologyJun 18, 2026 · 1 minGoogle’s Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is leaving for OpenAIThe Next WebTechnologyTimes of IndiaTechnologyJun 18, 2026 · 1 minMeta VP Emily Smith exits after being tapped to lead internal AI productTimes of IndiaTechnologyBloombergTechnologyJun 5, 2026 · 1 minLinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman to Leave Microsoft’s BoardBloombergTechnologyTimes of IndiaTechnologyJun 18, 2026 · 1 minGoogle Gemini co-lead leaves for OpenAI less than 2 years after billion-dollar rehireTimes of India
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