Oriol Vinyals, Key Microsoft AI Figure, Announces Departure
OriolVinyalsML · x · 2026-08-01
Oriol Vinyals, DeepMind co-founder and a core leader in Microsoft AI, announced his last day at the company. He expressed gratitude for working with a talented team that achieved significant milestones in a short time. He specifically thanked the Bing and Azure teams and praised CEO Satya Nadella for teaching them to care not just about SOTA models, but about delivering real value to communities. Vinyals believes Microsoft AI is now in a strong position with the necessary talent and resources.
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