Alibaba’s AI: Low Pay, High Tech, Silicon Valley Who?
Alibaba Cloud's AI chief Wang Jian throws shade at Silicon Valley's $100M signing bonuses, claiming, 'The only thing you need to do is to get the right person, not really the expensive person.' While US giants chase star talent like it's Cristiano Ronaldo in a transfer saga, Wang scoffs and says, 'What happened in Silicon Valley is not the winning formula.' In China, it's a healthy rivalry with firms racing neck and neck, focusing on vision over money, proving sometimes innovation just needs brains—not a billion-dollar bidding war.
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Silicon Valley's $100 million AI signing bonuses are basically buying applause, while Alibaba says innovation’s just finding the right person—not a talent auction. Silicon Valley’s hiring game: high rollers shuffle deck chairs on the sinking Titanic of ‘existing success.’
So Silicon Valley spends billions on AI talent but still can't buy innovation? That's like throwing gold bars into a dumpster fire and hoping for a barbecue.
Watching US tech chase AI talent is like a Home Alone sequel where every villain’s trying to steal the same dumb paint can — epic fail waiting to happen.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 7/28/2025 | Author: Lee Chong Ming
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