Alphabet stock fell as much as 7.2%, the most intraday since February, after Google DeepMind VP John Jumper became its second top AI exec to leave in a week (Felice Maranz/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-22/alphabet-shares-drop-after-second-ai-star-departs-for-a-rival"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260622/i31.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260622/p31#a260622p31" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Felice Maranz / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-22/alphabet-shares-drop-after-second-ai-star-departs-for-a-rival">Alphabet stock fell as much as 7.2%, the most intraday since February, after Google DeepMind VP John Jumper became its second top AI exec to leave in a week</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Alphabet Inc. shares tumbled on Monday following the departure of another high-profile artificial intelligence leader to a rival.</p>