Why Chinese Talent Dominates Silicon Valley

Over the last month, Meta has frequently made headlines for its relentless recruitment efforts aimed at building superintelligent AI. The company has poached a long list of employees from its competitor, OpenAI, a company Mark Zuckerberg would love to catch up to.  Beyond the notable overlap in the roles and expertise of those recently hired by Meta, a common factor is that many of them have Chinese origins.  https://twitter.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/1939035068909105289 But why? Or, rather, how?  As an Indian, there’s a familiar cultural ripple effect that spreads through family WhatsApp groups whenever someone of Indian origin is appointed CEO of a major US company.  At times, it is also accompanied by the subtle—and sometimes not-so-subtle—pressure