# Two senior Gemini researchers set to leave Google for Anthropic as AI talent drain continues
> Bloomberg reported Jonas Adler, who led AI coding at Gemini, and Alexander Pritzel, a training researcher, are poised to join Anthropic, following DeepMind director John Jumper and Noam Shazeer's move toward OpenAI

**Meta:** type: story · date: 2026-06-24 · heads: التحوّل الصامت, أموال من · 7 takes · 3 lenses · 4 regions

## Summary

[Google Deepmind](/ar/entity/google-deepmind) is set to lose Jonas Adler, who led AI coding at Gemini, and Alexander Pritzel, a training researcher, to [Anthropic](/ar/entity/anthropic), Bloomberg reported on June 24. The departures add to a succession of high-profile exits: John Jumper, the DeepMind director and AlphaFold Nobel co-recipient, has already joined [Anthropic](/ar/entity/anthropic), and Noam Shazeer, a Google employee of more than 20 years and co-founder of Character.AI, is reportedly heading to [Openai](/ar/entity/openai). Bloomberg and TechCrunch both cited pre-IPO equity at [Anthropic](/ar/entity/anthropic) as the primary pull factor, with [Anthropic](/ar/entity/anthropic)'s Series H funding round in late 2025 having set the stage for a potential listing.

## Why it matters

The pattern is structural, not incidental: [Anthropic](/ar/entity/anthropic) was built by former Google Brain researchers and has since pulled back researchers from the same pipeline at an accelerating rate as its IPO approach makes pre-IPO equity attractive. Losing both a Gemini coding lead and a training researcher within the same week signals the drain is reaching the technical core, not just adjacent roles. The timing pressures [Google Deepmind](/ar/entity/google-deepmind) precisely when Gemini 2.x differentiation against Claude and GPT-4o is still unsettled.

## What to watch

- Whether Google responds with accelerated vesting or new retention mechanisms tied to Gemini 2.x milestones.
- Anthropic's IPO timeline: if it lists before OpenAI, it crystallises the equity thesis that is driving departures.
- Whether Adler and Pritzel roles at Anthropic signal where the company is investing, specifically in coding models or training infrastructure.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### financial wire, AI industry talent coverage
- **Bloomberg** (United States, en) — Bloomberg reported that Jonas Adler, who led AI coding initiatives within Google's Gemini team, and Alexander Pritzel, a senior training researcher, are set to leave Google for Anthropic. The departures follow John Jumper, the DeepMind director and AlphaFold co-creator who already joined Anthropic, and Noam Shazeer, a Google veteran of more than 20 years and founder of Character.AI, who is reportedly heading to OpenAI. Bloomberg cited pre-IPO equity at Anthropic as the primary pull factor drawing researchers away from Google.
  > "Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are set to leave Google's Gemini team for Anthropic; Bloomberg cited pre-IPO equity as the primary pull factor."
  Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-24/google-poised-to-lose-two-more-high-profile-ai-staffers-to-anthropic

### tech press, AI research community coverage
- **TechCrunch** (United States, en) — TechCrunch reported that the departures of Adler and Pritzel fit a pattern of sustained talent outflows from Google to Anthropic and OpenAI, noting that Anthropic was founded in 2021 largely by former Google Brain and OpenAI researchers. The piece noted that Google has attempted to retain talent with compensation packages including restricted stock units tied to Gemini milestones, but that pre-IPO equity in competitors carries a different risk-reward profile that appeals to researchers who already have financial security from prior Google compensation.
  > "TechCrunch placed the departures within a sustained pattern of AI talent leaving Google for Anthropic and OpenAI, with pre-IPO equity the key differentiator."
  Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/ai-researchers-continue-to-leave-google-for-its-rivals/

### unlabelled
- **Neowin** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.neowin.net/amp/google-reportedly-set-to-lose-two-key-gemini-and-deepmind-researchers-to-anthropic/
- **Storyboard18** (India, en) — 
  Source: https://www.storyboard18.com/digital/google-faces-fresh-ai-talent-departures-as-two-gemini-researchers-head-to-anthropic-102271.htm
- **Daily Beirut** (Lebanon, en) — 
  Source: https://dailybeirut.com/en/artificial-intelligence/google-loses-key-ai-researchers-anthropic-amid-industry-shift/
- **Breitbart** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/06/25/brain-drain-google-faces-exodus-of-ai-talent-joining-competitors-like-anthropic/
- **TradingView (Reuters)** (United Kingdom, en) — 
  Source: https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_FWN42W105:0-google-poised-to-lose-two-more-high-profile-ai-staffers-jonas-adler-and-alexander-pritzel-to-anthropic-bloomberg-news/

## Across the graph
- Related: [[anthropic-series-h-ipo-2026]], [[anthropic-alibaba-claude-distillation]], [[openai-ipo-delay-2027]]
- Entities: Anthropic, Google Deepmind

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