# Barret Zoph returns to Google as research vice president

_Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Barret Zoph, a co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, is returning to Google as a vice president of research, the Wall Street Journal reported. The report says Zoph left OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in January after a short stint at OpenAI. Google has recently lost several high-profile researchers, according to the report.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260826/p67#a260826p67)

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