# OpenAI Strengthens Its AI Team With a Major Gemini Hire - The National CIO Review

> OpenAI has hired Noam Shazeer, Google’s Vice President of Engineering and a Co-lead of Gemini. Shazeer announced that he is joining OpenAI after returning to Google DeepMind in 2024 through the company’s deal with…

- **Source:** [Nationalcioreview](https://nationalcioreview.com/articles-insights/extra-bytes/openai-strengthens-its-ai-team-with-a-major-gemini-hire/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a393d869d2e1dbe1a01dcd2)
- **Published:** 2026-06-22
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #google #openai #gemini #ai
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