@turingbook: Actually, this has been the norm for a while. In 2023, at Guangnian Zhiwai, many of my colleagues were former CTOs of some company or early employees of Kuaishou (around the 10th employee). Today, I had dinner with an old friend who just joined a major large model company. He sold his company, interned for a while, just became a regular employee, and is now starting to build a team.
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An observation on talent flow in the AI large model industry: many former CTOs and early Kuaishou employees join relevant companies, and the phenomenon of founders selling their companies, then interning, becoming regular employees, and starting to build teams.
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Actually, this has been the norm for a while. In 2023 at Lightyear (Guangzhi Zhiwai), many of my colleagues were former CTOs of some company or early employees of Kuaishou. Today I had dinner with an old friend who just joined a major large-model company. He sold his company, went there as an intern, just got converted to full-time, and is now building a team.
Sofish (@sofish):
These big names are all joining Anthropic as MTS (Member of Technical Staff). What do they see that we don’t?
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