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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.

Thinking Machines Lab employees rebuff Meta

Thinking Machines Lab employees rebuff Meta's offer as high as $1 billion

31 Jul 2025, 10:35 AM

One senior researcher was offered an eye popping over $1 billion package over several years.

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.

Fintech Highlights

  1. ADIA sells entire stake in MobiKwik

  2. InCred Money launches new scheme to invest in digital gold and silver

  3. Slice appoints former RBI executive Eugene Karthak as part-time chairman, independent director

  4. ADIO signs MoU with Ant International to strengthen Abu Dhabi's fintech ecosystem

  5. BharatPe partners with Unity Small Finance Bank for EMI-driven credit card
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AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Anthropic raises $13 billion in Series F at $183 billion post-money valuation

  2. Accel, Celesta, Gaja, others form alliance for deep tech bets in India-domiciled enterprises

  3. Vertiv acquires Generative AI software firm Waylay

  4. Tessolve raises $150 million from TPG

  5. Reliance launches AI unit, strikes separate partnerships with Meta, Google Cloud
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Money & Machines

  1. What India's Gaming Ban Reveals About UPI; Why RBI wants AI to Fix Finance

  2. Journalism was already dying — AI wasn't the culprit

  3. IRCTC enters payments where giants bleed; RIP of RIP in AI

  4. Fintech founders shaping policy; India on AI map?

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

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