The EU’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has stated that they have noted Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) talent acquisition of Inflection AI staff, including its co-founders.
What Happened: On Wednesday, Vestager expressed concerns about Microsoft’s recent hiring of the majority of the staff from Inflection, an artificial intelligence startup, including its co-founders, indicating that if other companies adopt this trend, it could potentially trigger antitrust action, reported Reuters.
“It is the kind of thing on which we keep an eye but as you say, since it is not a merger it is not caught by merger rules,” she told reporters.
“We might (look into it) but we have no decisions, neither to do something or not do something. We have registered that this is happening and also registering that it’s happening in a way so that it escapes our scrutiny from our usual boxes.”
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