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Industry·Jun 18·all news from June 18, 2026

OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO

OpenAI has hired Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former federal AI policy advisor Dean Ball. These strategic appointments bolster the company's technical leadership and policy expertise as it prepares for a potential public offering.

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