@Merry Sander:$Alphabet(GOOGL)$ $Alphabet(GOOG)$ Jeff Dean, who left recently, says things at Google aren't as bad as people fear. He still refers to the company as "we", which probably means the whole exodus is a way for Google to spin out its research team into a low-stress environment, letting them access GPUs by paying for them instead of getting them free within Google. That would be paid with VC money that's eager to fund Jeff Dean's startup. 5head move, 300IQ strategy.