John Jumper is jumping to Anthropic

John Jumper, a renowned senior research scientist best known for his groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence and structural biology at Google DeepMind focusing on leading the developement of AlphaFold, took to X to announce his departure from Google DeepMind to join Anthropic:

A bit of news: After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic (after taking some time to recharge). I am incredibly grateful for my time at GDM. @demishassabis took a real chance letting me lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing my PhD, and the entire GDM team taught me so much about how to do great science. GDM is a special place, and I’ll still be excited to hear about what amazing things they discover next.