The cutthroat recruitment efforts to land the smartest minds in Silicon Valley have hit a feverish new peak in recent days.

In a very agile, clever, and surprising move, Google's parent company Alphabet (GOOGL) swept into the debris of OpenAI's bid for the AI coding startup Windsurf and came out with the latest and ...

Nowhere has that power struggle played out more dramatically than inside Windsurf, a fast-growing AI company that had, until ...

After the collapse of OpenAI’s $3B deal with Windsurf, Google DeepMind seizes top talent and licenses key AI coding tools, ...

The AI start-up Cognition buys Windsurf just a few days after the spectacular departure of its CEO to Google. The deal shows the intensity of the battle for AI talent. The startup Cognition, which ...

Olivier Guersent, outgoing EU's competition unit DG says the once-overlooked practice of “acquihires” is set for closer ...

Cognition AI has acquired rival startup Windsurf following Google’s $2.4 billion deal to license Windsurf’s tech and hire top executives. The acquisition ensures financial benefits for all Windsurf ...

The first sign of this new, turbo-charged war for AI talent came when Meta recruited Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang last month as part of a $14.3 billion deal to take a 49% stake in his company.

OpenAI, Google and xAI battle for superstar AI talent, shelling out millions By Anna Tong and Kenrick Cai May 21, 202510:58 AM PDTUpdated May 21, 2025 ...

Perplexity AI's valuation jumps to $18 billion after a new funding round, highlighting strong investor confidence in the AI search leader ...

The first sign of this new, turbo-charged war for AI talent came when Meta recruited Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang last month as part of a $14.3 billion deal to take a 49% stake in his company.