Thinking Machines Lab has secured a multibillion-dollar Google Cloud infrastructure deal providing access to Nvidia's GB300 chips, matching infrastructure tier with Anthropic and Meta. The $12B-valued startup is aggressively recruiting from Meta, having hired Soumith Chintala (PyTorch co-founder) and other veteran researchers, while Meta has reciprocated by poaching seven TML founding members.
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Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines gain
Backed by a multibillion-dollar Google Cloud deal for Nvidia's GB300 chips, Thinking Machines Lab is poaching top Meta researchers including PyTorch co-founder Soumith Chintala in an escalating AI talent war.
Friday, April 24, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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