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title: In case you missed it... Alphabet lost 5% yesterday —not because of earnings, but because talent walked out the door.
description: "John Jumper, Nobel Prize winner and co-creator of AlphaFold, is leaving DeepMind for Anthropic. Days earlier, the co-lead of Gemini joined OpenAI. The market erased tens of billions in Alphabet's value.\n\nThat says everything about AI's true competitive advantage. Chips, GPUs, and data centers can be bought. Exceptional AI researchers cannot.\n\nThe AI race isn't just an infrastructure race—it's a talent war. In the world's most transformative technology, the scarcest asset isn't silicon. It's the people who know how to turn it into breakthroughs.\n\nSource: Thierry from arvy 🇨🇭"
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# [In case you missed it... Alphabet lost 5% yesterday —not because of earnings, but because talent walked out the door.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/in-case-you-missed-it...-alphabet-lost-5-yesterday-not-because-of-earnings-but-because-talent-walked-out-the-door)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Jun 23, 2026, 1:39:40 PM

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