Top AI Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Startup

Top AI researchers leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for new startup

A group of researchers have left big AI projects to join a new Silicon Valley startup, Periodic Labs, focused on utilizing AI to accelerate scientific discoveries in fields like physics and chemistry.

Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up

This summer, the Meta chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, invited Rishabh Agarwal to join the company’s new A.I. lab, offering him millions of dollars in stock and salary. With the new lab, Mr. Zuckerberg said, he wanted to build “superintelligence,” a technology that could eclipse the powers of the…

Ex-OpenAI Team Raises $300M for AI-Driven Science Experiments

In a stunning display of investor confidence amid the AI boom, a group of former researchers from OpenAI and Google DeepMind has secured a record-breaking $300 million in seed funding for their new startup, Periodic Labs. The company, which emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday, aims to revolutionize scientific discovery by developing artificial intelligence systems capable of autonomously conducting physical experiments. Founded by Liam Fedus, a…

Top AI Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Startup