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Meta, Google, OpenAI among Big Tech firms seeing top staff leaving to launch AI startups

CNBC · Apr 28, 2026, 5:05 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

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  • Top researchers are jumping ship from Big Tech firms like Meta and Google to launch startups and raise huge funding rounds in the process, as investors bet big on the commercial potential of early-stage AI labs.
  • Amid colossal spending on AI, many of these new startups are raising hundreds of millions within months of being founded.

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Top researchers are jumping ship from Big Tech firms like Meta and Google to launch startups and raise huge funding rounds in the process, as investors bet big on the commercial potential of early-stage AI labs.

Amid colossal spending on AI, many of these new startups are raising hundreds of millions within months of being founded.

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