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Those job offers flying left and right in the heat of the AI talent wars? They sometimes have a lit fuse attached.Prem Qu Nair, an early software engineer at Windsurf, said Google gave him an exploding job offer to join its DeepMind lab during its recent hiring blitz at the AI coding startup. In his case, Nair said he only had hours to consider Google 's offer or it would be taken off the table.
A person familiar with the Google deal told Business Insider that the talks moved rapidly, necessitating rapid offers for anyone who wished to join the group leaving Windsurf. The person said the swift pace has become commonplace for these types of AI-related deals and the job offers took into account the financial hit Windsurf employees would take by forgoing their shares in the startup.Nair said in his social media post that he's excited for Cognition's future.
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