Noam Shazeer, 48, was one of Google's early hires, joining the company in 2000. A talented software engineer, Shazeer made his mark in AI, becoming a key figure in Google's early AI development.

Noam Shazeer’s relationship with Google dates back to 2000, when he was among the company’s first few hundred employees.

Google re-hired its long-time researcher, Naom Shazeer, to co-lead its AI models in a $2.7 billion deal, the Wall Street Journal reported. Mr Shazeer quit Google in 2021 after being a part of the company for 21 years.

In August, Google signed a $2.7 billion deal with AI startup Character.AI, aiming to rehire former top engineer Noam Shazeer. Shazeer, co-creator of key AI innovations, left Google in 2021 to found Character.

Google spent over $2.7 billion to get Shazeer, De Freitas, and Character.AI ’s tech team back under its roof. This wasn’t a simple buyout but rather a clever ‘reverse acqui-hire’ deal. Google didn’t f

Google reportedly paid an eye-popping $2.7 billion to lure back a former employee who quit three years ago when the search giant refused to release the chatbot he had developed.

Google acquired Noam Shazeer's AI startup Character.AI in a $2.7 billion deal with a stipulation that Shazeer starts working for them again

Google has rehired Noam Shazeer for $2.7 billion, along with Daniel De Freitas, to lead its Gemini AI project. Shazeer, previously at Character.AI, is

Once a critic of Google’s cautious stance on AI, Noam Shazeer is now one of three key leaders in charge of developing Gemini, the next phase of Google’s AI technology.