Noam Shazeer
Mentioned in 12 analyzed podcast episodes across 7 shows
Co-founder of Character.AI who has become a notable example of talent movement in the AI industry, having transitioned from his startup to Google. Serves as a co-leader of Google's Gemini team development. Discussed in podcast contexts regarding founder mobility and the concentration of AI talent and capital.
Appears On
Episode Appearances
Dwarkesh Podcast · Aug 11, 2026
Ryan Greenblatt – Human level AIs might build runaway superintelligences by 2032
“Mentioned as having identified critical training pipeline bugs at GDM shortly after joining, then subsequently leaving.”
TBPN · Aug 8, 2026
AI-Designed Viruses, OpenAI’s First Device, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
“Named as a high-profile departure from DeepMind cited as an early signal of the lab's talent exodus.”
TBPN · Aug 7, 2026
AI Viruses, OpenAI's First Device, WSJ Mansion Section | Samir Kaul, Patrick Wendell, Grant LaFontaine
“Cited as a high-profile departure from DeepMind, described as a canary in the coal mine for talent exodus.”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Aug 6, 2026
Google’s AI Leadership Shakeup: Disaster or Exactly What It Needs?
“Former Google AI researcher who returned via Character AI acqui-hire and recently joined OpenAI.”
TBPN · Aug 5, 2026
Demis Is Out as DeepMind CEO, Apple Escalates OpenAI Suit, Spider-Man Sets Record | Diet TBPN
“Mentioned as having departed DeepMind about a month prior, described as more shocking than Hassabis's exit.”
TBPN · Aug 5, 2026
Google DeepMind Reorgs, Rainforest Discoveries, Monkey Prices Surge | Harley Finkelstein, John J. Giamatteo, Jeremy Allaire, Mackenzie Burnett
“Referenced as a prior significant departure from DeepMind about a month before the Hassabis announcement.”
AI + a16z · Feb 24, 2026
AI’s Capital Flywheel: Models, Money, and the Future of Power
“Character.AI founder who moved to Google, example of talent movement”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Feb 19, 2026
Inside AI’s $10B+ Capital Flywheel — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z
“Character.AI founder who returned to Google, example of founder movement”
The a16z Show · Feb 19, 2026
Capital, Compute, and the Fight for AI Dominance
“Character.AI founder who moved to Google, example of talent movement in AI”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Feb 12, 2026
Owning the AI Pareto Frontier — Jeff Dean
“Google researcher mentioned as co-leader helping steer the Gemini team development”
The a16z Show · Jan 12, 2026
Alex Rampell on Venture at Scale and Founder Incentives
Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 23, 2025
#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games
“Credited with inventing Transformers architecture; part of DeepMind research bench”