The Great AI Shuffle: A Pattern Emerges in Silicon Valley Barret Zoph, co founder of Thinking Machines, has joined Google after a brief stint at OpenAI.
This move follows a pattern of high profile departures and hasty reunions among top AI talent in Silicon Valley. Zoph's career trajectory serves as a microcosm for the larger trends at play in the industry.
The era of unprecedented churn among top AI talent is characterized by burnout, disagreements over strategy, and the pressures of scaling.