Alphabet Shares Drop 6% as Top AI Developers Shift to Anthropic and OpenAI

Alphabet shares plummeted 6% on Monday after two of Google’s top AI researchers announced exits to Anthropic and OpenAI. The back-to-back departures wiped out roughly $250 billion in market cap. Wall Street is now openly debating whether Google is falling behind in the war for frontier AI talent. Who Left Google and Where They Are