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Nobel-Winning AlphaFold Researcher John Jumper to Join Anthropic After Leaving Google DeepMind
The chemist who led AlphaFold development will join the AI startup after nearly a decade at Google. He shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Demis Hassabis.
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John Jumper announced Friday that he is leaving Google DeepMind to join Anthropic. He worked at Google for nearly a decade and led the team that developed AlphaFold. AlphaFold is an AI system that predicts a protein's 3D structure from its amino acid sequence.
The technology now offers over 200 million protein structure predictions and has shortened research timelines in biology and medicine. Jumper shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Demis Hassabis for the AlphaFold work. " Jumper said he plans to take time to recharge before starting at Anthropic.
He did not disclose what his role at the company will be. Business Insider reported that Jumper's departure follows a pattern of senior researchers moving from established tech firms to AI startups preparing for public offerings.
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