Sources: Google DeepMind has reached a ~$100M deal to hire 20+ researchers from Contextual AI, including CEO Douwe Kiela, and license its technology (Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19/google-hires-staff-from-bezos-backed-contextual-ai-in-licensing-deal"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260519/i54.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260519/p54#a260519p54" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19/google-hires-staff-from-bezos-backed-contextual-ai-in-licensing-deal">Sources: Google DeepMind has reached a ~$100M deal to hire 20+ researchers from Contextual AI, including CEO Douwe Kiela, and license its technology</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Google DeepMind has reached a deal to hire more than 20 researchers from artificial intelligence startup Contextual AI and license its technology &hellip; </p>