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AI tools acquired by big groups
When Google, Microsoft, or Amazon buys an AI tool, it's almost never to grow it. It's to grab the team and kill the competition. Here are the acquisitions that ended the product.
| Tool | Date | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2024 | Google licence la tech, recrute Noam Shazeer et Daniel De Freitas. Le produit consumer continue en zombie mais l'équipe est passée chez DeepMind. | |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Amazon licence la tech ACT-1 et recrute David Luan + cofondateurs. Adept devient research lab Amazon. Le produit standalone est mort. | |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Microsoft absorbe l'équipe Inflection (Mustafa Suleyman + Karen Simonyan) pour 650M$. Pi continue en mode minimum maintenance, l'équipe est devenue Microsoft AI. |
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