
OpenAI has been on a hiring spree. Will it lead to an acquiring spree?
On Monday, the company reportedly poached Google’s senior director of corporate development Albert Lee. The executive led corporate development for Google Cloud and DeepMind for more than 14 years, and oversaw dozens of top acquisitions worth more than $50 billion in value, per his LinkedIn profile.
Lee will lead corporate development at OpenAI, and OpenAI is hoping he will be “a senior leader with broad…

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