They are leaving Google, but Google is an investor in the new company. So a split, but not exactly a divorce. Or something.
replyA "Maria's not an asset to the abbey" situation for you Sound of Music enjoyers.
replyIt seems reminiscent of the Green Project/FirstPerson episode that led to Java https://landley.net/history/mirror/java/javaorigin.html , and I'm sure many another attempt to keep some unhappy star players in a company's orbit using a spinoff.
replyExcept no one was singing "How do you solve a problem like Jeff and Sanjay?" prior to this.
replyYou don't know that for sure.
replyEwing Theory, but for trillion dollar corporations.
reply> I am sure VCs are fighting to invest and they will get 4B investment immediately with this team
replyThis is probably the only time some prominent VCs would be active during August, only for Jeff Dean & Co's company.
I can see them now frantically negotiating, responding and firing off emails right now during their holidays to get an allocation in Jeff's new company.
Would love to hear the pitch: We never had the lead in AI and now definitely lost it, despite the gazillions dollars and engineering resources of Google, but now will be different?
replyThe "lead" in AI, even with google's TPU advantage, may not make economic sense for a company. Can you make back the training investment on a competitive frontier model, before everyone switches to a newer frontier model within a year?
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