Pedro Domingos mocks neolabs acquired for billions: 'Acquihire Bait'
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-29
Pedro Domingos criticizes the wave of neolabs founded with the declared goal of solving AI only to be quickly acquired for a few billion dollars: if you weren't serious to begin with, "for truth in advertising you should have called it Acquihire Bait."
A pointed take on the recent trend of quasi-acquisitions like Inflection, Adept and Character.AI in the AI talent race.
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