Back to Latest SignalTECHMEME / RESEARCHThinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph is returning to Google as VP of research, after leaving OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in JanuarySource: TECHMEME · AUG 27, 2026IN THIS STORYThinking Machines LabSourcesRead the original at TECHMEMERelated on FrontierAn AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain Oct 31, 2026How Cisco defends at machine speed with OpenAI Nov 3, 2026Sources: Baseten is raising ~$2B in two tranches, one valuing it at $26B and the other at $30B; Baseten was valued at $13B in June after raising $1.5B (Bloomberg) Oct 30, 2026MORE LATEST SIGNALSIGNALS