Google DeepMind disbands the AlphaFold team and moves staff to Gemini work

Sources: Engadget, HN 49098375
Summary: Engadget reports that Google DeepMind has disbanded the AlphaFold team and moved staff to Gemini work. The account states that most key members and original paper authors were reassigned, that some have already departed for Anthropic and some for Isomorphic Labs, and quotes Google DeepMind VP of research Pushmeet Kohli saying the strategy has evolved. The report originates with the Financial Times, which is paywalled and unfetchable from this run environment, so what is carried here is Engadget's account rather than the originating report.
Why it matters: The AlphaFold Protein Structure Database is a free dependency for a large amount of published work, and the team that produced it no longer exists as a team, which leaves its maintenance path unstated.
Follow-up: Watch for a Google DeepMind statement on who maintains the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database.