“Which AI researchers moved between frontier labs since 2025? For each move list the researcher, the lab they left, where they went and the month.”
55 publicly reported direct lab-to-lab moves by 51 researchers, from February 2025 through June 2026, drawn from 19 news hosts. Four researchers moved twice. This is a census of public reporting, not a guaranteed complete roster — unannounced moves are not captured.
Ribbon width = number of reported moves along that corridor. Hover a lab or ribbon for names. Month of move, not article publication date.
Each square is one move, coloured by destination lab. Hover for the researcher.
| Month | Researcher | Left | Joined | Role / context | Pages | Source |
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Method: 55 publicly reported direct lab-to-lab researcher moves, one row per researcher/origin/destination, move months 2025-02 to 2026-06, compiled from 19 source hosts; each move kept only when at least two collected pages corroborated it (mirrors and syndications may not be fully independent). “Pages” counts corroborating pages collected per move. Month shown is the reported month of the move, not article publication. No single source URL backs more than 6 rows (10.9%). Excluded: attempted moves, advisory roles, nontechnical roles, and non-frontier-lab employers. Full source lists were trimmed to one representative link per row for space.