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Google Engineers Trade Guaranteed Millions for AI Lottery Tickets, Call It 'Upside'
Jun 30, 2026
Summary
- Who
- Yousuf Imran and other senior Google engineers
- What
- Left compensation packages nearing $1 million annually to join OpenAI and Anthropic for equity that might someday exceed that amount
- When
- June 30, 2026
- Where
- Silicon Valley
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