LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize (Business Insider)

Google has completed a talent deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, according to public postings on LinkedIn. Mechanize's co-founder and ex-CEO, Tamay Besiroglu, now works as a research scientist at Google's AI division, DeepMind. Over a dozen other former Mechanize employees now work at Google, mostly on the company's mid-training efforts.

The deal's terms were not disclosed, but Google had been in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal for Mechanize's tech and talent, according to Business Insider. Mechanize launched last year with a mission of automating every job in the world.

Google and Besiroglu declined to comment on the deal. Mechanize's former chief of staff, Guive Assadi, now describes himself as the company's CEO, per LinkedIn.

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