Alphabet lost $269 billion in market cap after two top DeepMind researchers left for OpenAI and Anthropic, raising concerns about Google's AI talent

Tech giants including Meta and Alphabet, along with upstarts such as Anthropic and OpenAI, are locked in a talent war as they race to build next-gen AI systems.

SpaceX's $60B Cursor acquisition, Google's AI talent exodus to OpenAI, and the AI IPO rush reshape the competitive landscape in this week's brief.