Lab reportedly paid $250M+ for a single rival hire, quips prominent AI account
signulll · x · 2026-11-05
Prominent AI account signull jokes that a very prominent lab likely just paid $250M+ to a single individual from a rival to fix its product direction, focus and execution — an unconfirmed nod to the industry's record-setting poaching rumors. He then quips he tweets for free while paying himself a $100K/year startup salary, three orders of magnitude less.
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