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Anthropic hires Amir Salek, who ran Google's TPU business until 2022, to join its compute team as part of a push to develop its own chips
TL;DRAnthropic hired a Google chip veteran to build custom semiconductors for AI.
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OpenAI's VP of sales in the Americas, Kaylin Voss, resigned a week
TL;DROpenAI's Americas sales VP quit a week after her boss, sparking potential exodus.
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