AI talent may drift back to hyperscalers as lab valuations cool
shakoistsLog · x · 2026-08-04
As AI lab valuations stop offering easy 20x–100x upside, talent may start flowing back toward hyperscalers.
The post is a short industry take: if startups no longer provide the same explosive equity upside, the labor market could revert toward large platform companies.
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