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Hedge funds offer bumper pay to lure AI talent: ‘Million-dollar packages are not far’

Point72, Balyasny Asset Management, DE Shaw and Millennium are among hedge funds offering lucrative packages to hire AI engineers

Portfolio managers are pushing firms to add more AI specialists to their teams
Portfolio managers are pushing firms to add more AI specialists to their teams Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images

Hedge funds are warming to rapidly evolving artificial intelligence and are ready to award bumper pay deals to engineering talent with the relevant skillset.

Point72, Balyasny Asset Management, DE Shaw and Millennium are among hedge funds offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire top talent with AI and machine learning expertise.

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