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HISTORICAL FACTS: Google deepmind hires staff from contextual ai in licensing deal source says - The Untold Story

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Alphabet's AI research subsidiary, Google DeepMind, has agreed to recruit more than 20 researchers from AI startup Contextual AI and license its technology, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Alphabet paid between $80 million and $90 million to Contextual as part of the agreement, and Contextual's co-founder and ‌CEO Douwe Kiela ⁠is ⁠among those joining DeepMind, according to the source.

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