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Co-inventor of the Transformer architecture and one of the most influential engineers in AI history. Created Google's LaMDA chatbot. Left Google in 2021 to co-found Character.AI, then returned in August 2024 via a $2.7B acqui-hire deal. Now co-leads Google's Gemini project alongside Jeff Dean and Oriol Vinyals. Gold medalist with perfect score at the 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad.
BS, Mathematics & Computer Science — Duke University
AGI Position Assessment
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Pragmatic approach to safety. Left Google partly because the company was too cautious about releasing chatbot technology. Believes in shipping products and iterating.
Pragmatic approach to safety. Left Google partly because the company was too cautious about releasing chatbot technology. Believes in shipping products and iterating.
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Dossier last updated: 2026-03-10