Leadersby GlyphBarret Zoph
Joins Google as Vice President of Research · Aug 27, 2026 · News
Why, in the source's words
Zoph has taken a position as vice president of research at Google (which happens to be another company where he previously worked).
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About this move
- Type
- Appointed
- Role
- AI lead
- Announced
- Aug 27, 2026 2 months ago
- Effective
- Not stated
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Checked
- Found by the daily agent, approved by hand