Ex-Employee Exposes Google-Style Bureaucracy at Reflection AI

A former Reflection AI employee detailed being fired for using AI agents and occupying GPUs, amid revelations of Google-style engineering bureaucracy, weeks-long PR merges, and training efficiency that reportedly lags DeepSeek by two generations.

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