Meta Platforms

Meta hits pause on hiring for AI division

Meta hits pause on hiring for AI division

21 Aug 2025, 15:32 PM

This hiring freeze comes after the company aggressively recruited over 50 AI researchers and engineers to bolster its capabilities in the competitive AI landscape.

Meta ropes in two senior Apple AI researchers

Meta ropes in two senior Apple AI researchers

18 Jul 2025, 11:52 AM

The social media company has roped in Mark Lee and Tom Gunter to join its Superintelligence Labs division.

Meta

Meta's Zuckerberg commits hundreds of billions for AI data centers

15 Jul 2025, 13:18 PM

The first facility named Prometheus is expected to become operational in 2026.

Meta acquires voice AI startup PlayAI in talent push

Meta acquires voice AI startup PlayAI in talent push

12 Jul 2025, 12:17 PM

The team will operate under Johan Schalkwyk, a recent Meta hire, who previously led voice AI company Sesame AI.

Fintech Highlights

  1. Payments Council of India reappoints CCAvenue's Vishwas Patel as chairperson

  2. Avanse Financial Services raises $200 million in debt via ECB

  3. Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund hikes stake in Paytm

  4. Kiwi raising Series B funding led by Vertex

  5. Kissht files draft paper for IPO, eyes Rs 1,000 crore via fresh issue
  6. Read more news...

AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Google inks cloud computing deal worth $10 billion with Meta

  2. OpenAI's chief people officer Julia Villagra steps down

  3. OpenAI set to open its first India office

  4. Robotics startup FieldAI raises $405 million from Nvidia's VC arm, others

  5. Meta hits pause on hiring for AI division
  6. Read more news...

Editor's Pick

  1. Jio’s third attempt at payments: Can Mukesh Ambani finally crack the merchant code?

  2. Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

  3. Pine Labs IPO Playbook: Between DRHP Gloss and Ground Reality