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How the Frontier Labs Make Money

AI business models

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How the Frontier Labs Make Money

OpenAI and Anthropic both sell intelligence. They run completely different businesses to do it.

Jack Leyden

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Oct 5, 2026


The State of Recruiting in AI 2026

AI talent

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The State of Recruiting in AI 2026

What AI labs pay recruiters, the questions they ask in interviews, the AI workflows that help, and 25 talent people worth following.

Jack Leyden

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Oct 3, 2026

AI's Best Researchers Stopped Taking Offers. Now They Take Term Sheets.

AI talent

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AI's Best Researchers Stopped Taking Offers. Now They Take Term Sheets.

Last issue, Big Tech bought AI teams. This week, the teams walked out, priced themselves in the billions and raised before shipping anything.

Jack Leyden

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Sep 29, 2026

How Big Tech Changed Their Talent Strategy to Win

AI talent

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How Big Tech Changed Their Talent Strategy to Win

It stopped hiring AI talent one person at a time and started buying whole teams. Here is the template, the price list, who got paid, and what it means if you are building.

Jack Leyden

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Sep 25, 2026

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