TechCrunch · Startups · 2026-08-27
Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is
Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google. Zoph spent two years at OpenAI and left in October 2024 to co-found Thinking Machines with Mira Murati, who had left the AI lab the month prior. He has taken a position as vice president of research at Google (which happens to be another company where he previously worked. Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.
Why it matters. Why it matters: Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google.
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