Pro Weekly: Google Is the Training Ground for Other AI Companies

Before the holidays, I spent much of December reporting and updating our Org Charts for OpenAI, Anthropic and Cohere, all of which are now live. This week, we took a step back to examine the backgrounds of the leadership at the three artificial intelligence powerhouses. 

Sifting through the work histories of each company’s staff, one employer popped up over and over again: Google. We’ve written previously about how OpenAI alumni are building their own AI startups (the list includes Anthropic co-founders Dario and Daniela Amodei). But it seems Google—specifically, its Brain and DeepMind research teams—has nurtured much of the talent now leading the three AI startups.