Frontier lab staff bolt at vesting cliff to raise their own startups
tekbog · x · 2026-10-24
tekbog pokes fun at a recurring AI-industry pattern: frontier lab employees evangelize the company mission until their vesting cliff hits, then leave and announce funding rounds for their own startups "in a few days" — illustrated with the "I'm playing both sides" meme.
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