Updates
Notable moves, new people, and organizations. A curated record, not every change in AI.
Organization route
Cosine added to the database
The London AI startup behind Genie and frontier software-engineering models is now tracked, along with co-founders Alistair Pullen and Yang Li.
CosineSteve Jarrett joins Anthropic from Orange
Jarrett joined Anthropic in August 2026 as a Member of Technical Staff, based in Paris, after serving as Orange’s Chief AI Officer.
Orange→
AnthropicVirtue AI founders join Meta Superintelligence Labs
Bo Li, Dawn Song, Sanmi Koyejo, and other Virtue AI team members are joining Meta to work on AI safety and security.
Virtue AI→
MetaBen Poole leaves Google DeepMind
Poole said June 25 was his last day at Google after 15 years total, including eight years full-time across Brain and DeepMind.
Google DeepMindXiuyu Li joins StepFun AI as a researcher
Xiuyu Li joined StepFun AI as a researcher working on LLM post-training.
StepFun AIMirendil launches with $200M seed round
Mirendil formally announced its 20-person AI R&D team and a $200M seed round led by a16z and Kleiner Perkins, with NVIDIA also investing.
MirendilArthur Conmy joins Anthropic
Conmy said he is joining Anthropic to work on aligning upcoming models as they are trained.
Google DeepMind→AnthropicAlishba Imran joins OpenAI from Biohub
Imran said she joined OpenAI full-time as a researcher after a year at Biohub, continuing work at the intersection of AI and biology.
Biohub→
OpenAIEngram launches to scale compute on private context
Engram announced an AI lab building models that learn from private work context, with $98M raised and early partnerships with Notion, Harvey, and Microsoft.
EngramChad Jones joins Anthropic Institute
Jones said he will be on leave from Stanford at Anthropic, joining the Anthropic Institute to continue research on AI and the economic future.
Stanford University→Anthropic