UpdateJuly 29, 20261 min read
Deepmind Disbands AlphaFold Team, Loses Key Talent to Rivals
Google Deepmind has dismantled its AlphaFold team, with nearly a quarter of the original researchers leaving the company, and key talent defecting to rivals like Anthropic. This move marks a significant shift in Deepmind's strategy, as it abandons its focus on long-term scientific breakthroughs in favor of more practical applications.
The majority of the researchers behind AlphaFold are now working on other projects, and almost a quarter have left Google Deepmind altogether. The restructuring marks a sharp turn away from the strategy that put the lab on the map. The article Deepmind dismantles its AlphaFold team as key authors leave for Anthropic appeared first on The Decoder.