Why is Google suddenly losing AI talent? The lure of pre-IPO equity is strong.

Noam Shazeer is leaving Google to join OpenAI. Winni Wintermeyer for The Washington Post via Getty Images Several talented AI researchers have recently left Google. Anthropic and OpenAI are a big lure for AI talent. That lure is partly financial. Noam Shazeer's maneuvering shows what's possible. If you want to see a person's eyes light up at a Silicon Valley party, just say the words "pre-IPO equity." It works. Google's sudden AI talent losses may have less to do with dissatisfaction and mo...