Finbarr Timbers Says He Is Leaving Ai2 After Open-Model Work

The AI researcher and investor, whose work spans reinforcement learning, game AI and generative models, praised Ai2's open-model push but did not name his next role.

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AI hiring and departures are now market signals. Finbarr's exit gives little away about his next move, but his emphasis on Ai2's infrastructure points to the compute race behind open model work.

Finbarr Timbers Says He Is Leaving Ai2 After Open-Model Work — The AI researcher and investor, whose work spans reinforcement learning, game AI and generative models, praised Ai2's open-model push but did not name his next role.

Finbarr Timbers (@finbarrtimbers) said he is leaving Ai2, ending a stint he described as work on "the open model frontier" in a thread on X.

https://x.com/finbarrtimbers/status/2061824037261808037

"Ai2 is a fantastic institution," Timbers wrote. "I'm grateful for the opportunity to work there and push the open model frontier." He added that the team "will go on to do great things" and said he was "very excited for what they have planned," including what he described in parentheses as "GB300s."…

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