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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.