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paid $2. 7 billion to hire two of their own engineers back. This is part one of five AI startups founded by ex-Google and Microsoft employees. In 2021, Noam Shazir and Daniel D. Left Google. Shazir had co-written the paper that sparked the entire AI revolution, the 2017 Transformer paper. They founded Character. Ai. It hit a billion dollar valuation in less than two years. Then, in August 2024, Google did something rare. It didn't actually acquire the company. It paid $2. 7 billion for a license and brought back Nome at Google DeepMind. Comment startups, and I'll send you the full breakdown.

paid $2. 7 billion to hire two of their own engineers back. This is part one of five AI startups founded by ex-Google and Microsoft employees. In 2021, Noam Sh…