Google DeepMind Hires Staff, Licenses Technology from Contextual AI

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Google DeepMind agreed to pay between $80M and $90M to hire employees from AI agent startup Contextual AI and to license its technology, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Douwe Kiela, Contextual’s cofounder and CEO, is expected to join DeepMind alongside over.