Barret Zoph, co-founder and former CTO of Thinking Machines Lab—alongside Mira Murati—joined Google on or before August 29, 2026, after a brief stint at OpenAI. The move marks the latest in a series of leadership shifts in generative AI startups.
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Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph joins Google Reuters
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.
Exclusive | Thinking Machines Lab Co-Founder Barret Zoph Joins Google - WSJ https://www. wsj.com/tech/ai/thinking-machi nes-lab-co-founder-barret-zoph-joins-google-49f594e6 > the Thinking Machines Lab co-founder who abruptly defected to OpenAI this year... I give it a week, give or take