Then by your logic no company ever invents anything.

You’re inferring things I didn’t say. Google’s inaction on the invention and letting that entire team leave the company is proof they’re inept.

if the same invention happened at a university, no one would say MIT/Stanford invented transformer. We credit the people involved. Somehow, if it happens at a company, company gets most of the credit. Even when the papers and authors are publicly available. this is different from say iPhone which probably would not be developed at a university.