Google just completed its $1.5 billion-plus talent deal for AI startup Mechanize
Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Google has some fresh talent in the AI race.The tech giant has completed its talent deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, public postings show.Mechanize's co-founder and ex-CEO, Tamay Besiroglu, now works as a research scientist at Google's AI division, DeepMind, according to his LinkedIn profile. Over a dozen other former Mechanize employees now work at Google, per LinkedIn, mostly on the company's 'midtraining' efforts — a key part of b...
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