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Engineers and builders shaping how frontier AI systems are made and shipped.

Last updated October 20, 2026 at 9:50 PM PT

Thomas Dimson
Member of Technical Staff, Sora, OpenAI (former)
Left OpenAI in May 2026. Co-built In the Weights in June; reported to be starting something new.
Source: digg.com Also: techcrunch.com
Sachin Katti
Infrastructure and compute lead, OpenAI
Leaving OpenAI on November 15, 2026 to build something new; staying on as an advisor.
Source: cnbc.com Also: turingtree.com
Barret Zoph
VP of Research, Google DeepMind
Joined Google DeepMind as VP of Research in August 2026, after a stint at OpenAI.
Source: theverge.com Also: techcrunch.com
Harsh Mehta
Co-founder, Mirendil
Left Anthropic in December 2025; co-founded Mirendil, announced March 2026.
Source: the-decoder.com Also: linkedin.com
Matthew Barnett
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google
Joined Google from Mechanize, which he co-founded, in August 2026.
Source: turingtree.com

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