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AlphaFold Creator Jumper Joins Anthropic Amid Model Ban

6/20/2026

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On June 19, 2026, John Jumper announced he will leave Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic.
Jumper, a Nobel-prize-winning scientist who co-created AlphaFold, has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion from its commercial value.
Anthropic was ordered by the U.S. government in June 2026 to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.
The hire underscores an AI talent war, as peers like Noam Shazeer also left Google for OpenAI.

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On June 19, 2026, John Jumper announced he will leave Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic.
Jumper, a Nobel-prize-winning scientist who co-created AlphaFold, has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion from its commercial value.
Anthropic was ordered by the U.S. government in June 2026 to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.
The hire underscores an AI talent war, as peers like Noam Shazeer also left Google for OpenAI.