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Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

Thursday, August 27, 2026


Barret Zoph co-founded Thinking Machines Lab with Mira Murati and served as the startup's chief technology officer. He subsequently worked at OpenAI before joining Google.

Original reporting: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/barret-zoph-the-thinking-machines-co-founder-who-defected-to-openai-is-now-at-google/

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