The AI talent wars have begun
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šļø 22 July 2025
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Summary
You might have heard Meta has been on a bit of a hiring spree recently as it tries to build out its new AI Superintelligence team. The company has reportedly been offering hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to attract leading AI researchers from rivals like OpenAI, Google and Apple.
And it's not just Meta doing the poaching. Tech companies big and small are jumping into the AI Wars.
Marketplaceās Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Natasha Mascarenhas, a reporter at The Information, about the AI talent wars happening behind the scenes of Silicon Valley.
āMeta hires two Apple AI researchers for Superintelligence push, Bloomberg News reportsā - from Reuters
āAnthropic Revenue Hits $4 Billion Annual Pace as Competition With Cursor Intensifiesā - from The Information
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