Ex-OpenAI and Thinking Machines co-founder Barret Zoph joins Google
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-08-28
Barret Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab with Mira Murati and served as CTO, has joined Google. Zoph had a brief stint at OpenAI following his departure from the startup before moving to Google.
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