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My understanding is that R&D in the US is a very small part of the business for these China-based companies, both in terms of headcounts and org chart. TikTok h
by n144q 2y ago
My understanding is that R&D in the US is a very small part of the business for these China-based companies, both in terms of headcounts and org chart. TikTok hires many people in the US, but that's nowhere near the number in the Beijing office, not to mention that all decisions come from China. You can find lots of articles that talk about midnight meetings for folks in US. And there is a good reason for that -- you can hire a few engineers in China for the same price of hiring 1 engineer in the Bay Area.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoI visited their office in Bellevue once and it wasn’t small, although not huge either. There were a lot of smart people working there at least. You don’t really need hardware in China to train models, you could host it in the USA and just use it remotely. I don’t think these sanctions will be very effective unless they completely cut off trade and communication with China, which is going to hurt us as much as them.