MiniMax and Moonshot set up US outposts but struggle to poach Silicon Valley AI talent
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-11-09
Rest of World reports that Chinese AI firms are hiring Silicon Valley-based engineers to tap US lab talent pools.
- MiniMax has 16 open positions in San Francisco, including a research lead for its core model, plus specialists in finance, law, life sciences, cybersecurity, and a lead recruiter targeting top AI talent in the Bay Area and Seattle.
- Moonshot AI (maker of Kimi) is hiring US-based "solutions architects" to help enterprises integrate its models.
- Experts frame this as a strategic shift: access to talent and proximity to a lucrative market—but massive pay gaps, weaker prestige, and national security tensions make luring engineers away from OpenAI and Anthropic an uphill climb.
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