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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.

OpenAI hires from Meta, xAI, Tesla in escalating battle for AI talent

OpenAI hires from Meta, xAI, Tesla in escalating battle for AI talent

09 Jul 2025, 18:34 PM

Greg Brockman, president and co-founder at OpenAI, welcomed all of them in an X post.

Meta hires Apple

Meta hires Apple's top AI executive to beef up superintelligence team: report

08 Jul 2025, 17:59 PM

Ruoming Pang had joined Apple in 2021 and in his current role was leading the foundation model team at the tech giant.

Sutskever steps into CEO role at own startup after Meta poaches Daniel Gross

Sutskever steps into CEO role at own startup after Meta poaches Daniel Gross

04 Jul 2025, 11:46 AM

Sutskever also said Daniel Levy will become the startup's president.

At a Glance: AI Data Labeling companies beyond Scale AI

At a Glance: AI Data Labeling companies beyond Scale AI

24 Jun 2025, 11:55 AM

The Head and Tale dives into data labeling startups beyond Scale AI, the company that shook the tech world after Meta’s hefty investment.

Google plans to snap ties with Scale AI after Meta

Google plans to snap ties with Scale AI after Meta's "significant" investment

16 Jun 2025, 18:20 PM

Google had planned to invest about $200 million in Scale AI, but Meta's investment in the data-labeling startup may have given it cold feet.

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