people · May 20, 2026
Google DeepMind Researchers Quit Over AI Compute Crunch and Bureaucracy
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Top Google DeepMind researchers quit to found startups such as Elorian and ReflectionAI citing scarce TPUs and bureaucratic hurdles in the merged lab. Dai left to found Elorian specializing in visual reasoning for architecture, automotives and robotics. Antonoglou and Misha Laskin departed in 2024 to found ReflectionAI focused on open AI models, while Azalia Mirhoseini founded Ricursive Intelligence in late 2025 with fellow DeepMind researcher. The compute crunch shapes which questions researchers pursue and promotion speed.
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