Three talent deals in 48 hours
June 13, 2026Posted by Roberto Stagi
Anthropic bought Stainless, Google DeepMind hired 20+ researchers from Contextual AI via a technology-licensing deal (talent and IP, no merger review) and Mistral acquired physics-simulation startup Emmi AI. Exactly the structure antitrust reviewers are starting to squint at, which is exactly why everyone uses it.