U.S. tech giants Meta (META) and Nvidia (NVDA) are facing a battle to scoop up the hottest AI talent from Chinese rival DeepSeek.
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According to an article in the South China Morning Post, Chinese start-up DeepSeek has launched a recruitment blitz with a flurry of new job openings advertised on Microsoft’s (MSFT) LinkedIn job site.
Tech Hunger
It has listed 10 new positions online, including two internships focused on large language models. Other roles include deep learning researchers, core systems engineers, front-end developers,and full-stack engineers, based in either Hangzhou or Beijing.
This coincides with Meta’s hiring campaign for tech talent as it looks to ramp up its AI efforts, particularly artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
AI chip designer Nvidia is also hungry for talent. In late June, the company appointed two Chinese AI scientists – Zhu Bangguo and Jiao Jiantao – to key roles.
According to the Post, the DeepSeek job descriptions were all in Chinese, with the company highlighting its competitive edge from “top-tier GPU [graphics processing unit] clusters and rapid experimental iteration on potential ideas.”
AGI Focus
The posts said that recruits would “collaborate with team members who excel at both research and engineering, focusing on AGI that balances practical results and academic depth.”
The Post said that since LinkedIn has largely withdrawn from mainland China, this means DeepSeek is seeking Chinese talent currently working or studying overseas, likely in the U.S.
This shows how much of a challenge DeepSeek remains to the established AI dominance of the U.S. It emerged in January with a low-cost but equally effective AI model, shaking up stock markets.
In May, the company released a new version of its R1 reasoning model, R1-0528, following an update to its V3 foundational model, V3-0324.
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