Last month, one hire made waves in the European tech ecosystem: Big Tech giant Apple’s former AI chief John Giannandrea will be joining UK-based AI materials startup Cusp AI.

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Europe's hot AI startups set to poach more talent from Big Tech
A number of startups like Cusp AI, AMI Labs, Multiverse and Lovable have poached talent from Big Tech — a trend some recruiters think will ramp up
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