2025-12-29 12:26:57

Recently, there is a major industry news worth pondering—leading chip manufacturer spends $20 billion to acquire an AI company, and how this money is spent is quite meticulous.

On the surface, it appears to be technology licensing, but in reality, it’s a full package deal including people and money. Shareholders have arranged everything properly; based on a $20 billion valuation, the previous investment has nearly tripled, and dividends are being paid out as they should. The key point is the employees—this is where the real power lies. 90% of Groq’s team was directly poached, with each person receiving a $5 million signing bonus.

From another perspective, this operation actually reflects a phenomenon: the world’s top talent and capital are migrating in large numbers from certain fields to others. The appeal of AI chips now far surpasses many previously popular directions. If you ask why Web3 isn’t as hot as before, just look at the movements of these big capital players—they are voting with their feet.

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faded_wojak.eth

· 8h ago

Ha, this is the real capital game. Spending $5 million to mine one person, directly breaking up the entire team. Web3 has indeed started to cool down.

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consensus_whisperer

· 8h ago

Capital is just so realistic; the big share has been taken by chip manufacturers. It's no wonder that Web3 has been cold for so long.

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BanklessAtHeart

· 8h ago

Wow, 5 million relocation fees directly blow people's minds. This is what a real talent competition looks like.

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SeeYouInFourYears

· 8h ago

Capital flow is the truth, Web3 has long cooled down. AI chips are now the hot commodity. --- Everyone gets 5 million USD as a homecoming bonus? Now that's understanding people's hearts, directly surpassing any stock option incentives. --- Basically, it's big fish eating small fish. Groq was completely acquired, but the employees benefited. --- This is what I mean: money flows where the wind blows. Web3 investors are still dreaming. --- Looking at this scale, 20 billion USD is about competing for talent and influence in the AI chip field. It's ruthless. --- 90% of the Groq team was poached? Isn't that just an acquisition team itself? Technology is just a bonus. --- Capital fleeing from Web3 is inevitable. Those still holding on in the past two years should be on alert.

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BrokenYield

· 8h ago

nah this is just capital doing what it always does — chasing the next asymmetric return. groq's team getting $5m each? that's not generosity, that's retention cost divided by headcount. smart money figured out the leverage ratio in ai chips beats the shit out of whatever web3 was promising.

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