Noam Shazeer Computer scientist and entrepreneur whose work helped define modern generative AI. He co-invented key elements of the Transformer architecture, developed mixture-of-experts systems, co-founded Character.AI, led Gemini work at Google, and joined OpenAI in 2026.
Noam Shazeer Computer scientist and entrepreneur whose work helped define modern generative AI. He co-invented key elements of the Transformer architecture, developed mixture-of-experts systems, co-founded Character.AI, led Gemini work at Google, and joined OpenAI in 2026.
Career
Technical Lead, Gemini at Google DeepMind from 2024 to 2026.Returned to Google in 2024 and became a technical leader on Gemini. Announced his departure for OpenAI in June 2026.
Co-founder at Character from 2021 to 2024.Co-founded Character.AI and led foundational work on its conversational-model technology.
Researcher and engineer at Google from 2000 to 2021.Worked on machine learning at Google, including sequence-to-sequence models, the Transformer, and LaMDA.