Character.AI ➔ Google DeepMind (Technical Lead Gemini)
Returned to Google in $2.7B licensing & talent acquisition deal to spearhead Gemini next-gen Transformer models.
Noam Shazeer is recognized for foundational contributions including Attention Is All You Need (Transformer), Mixture of Experts (MoE), SwiGLU & Multi-Query Attention, Character.AI Engine.
As of September 2026, Noam Shazeer serves as Engineer at Google DeepMind, ranked #5 globally in the AKI AI Talent 100 Index with a Composite Talent Score of 98.4/100.
Noam Shazeer holds an empirical Scientist Score of 97.8/100 (theoretical novelty and research impact) and an Engineer Score of 99.8/100 (distributed systems scaling and implementation), with a 12-month momentum velocity of +380%.
To reference this profile in research papers or institutional evaluations:
@misc{aki_talent_noam_shazeer_2026,
title = {AI Talent Telemetry Profile: Noam Shazeer},
author = {{AKI Research Collective}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://aki1k.com/talent/noam-shazeer},
institution = {AKI Platform},
note = {Canary Hash: ZIP-1.0:AKI-TALENT:TOP100-VERIFIED-2026-09}
}