OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google hire 22 professors from top US schools
Justgototheeffinmoon · reddit · 2026-07-23
OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google DeepMind have hired at least 22 professors in 2026
A report cited in the post says at least 22 professors from Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, MIT and Carnegie Mellon have either left or taken leave in 2026 to join OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, or Google DeepMind.
The shift matters less for compensation than for what it changes in the research ecosystem:
- these are not just senior engineers, but people who set research agendas
- they also teach and train the next generation of scientists
- their departure weakens outside scrutiny of AI systems now used in banks, hospitals, and government
The post highlights recent hires such as an AI economist and philosopher at Anthropic, and top mathematicians and physicists at OpenAI.
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