Call it the Nadella variation. It might sound like a diabolical move in a chess match, but it is in fact a useful term to describe the latest calculated corporate gambit by Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive.
Tech companies often try to poach teams of smart employees through so-called acquihires: acquiring a start-up to hire the people. Nadella’s novel twist is to hire the people and leave the company behind.
This week, Microsoft announced that it had recruited two of the three founders of Inflection, once one of the hottest AI start-ups in the US, as well as many of its 70 employees.
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