San FranciscoMiniMax has listed 16 openings in the city.
The US gained 2,145 AI researchers in 2025 as China lost 1,729, Carnegie China found.
MiniMax spent $84.3 million on pay in 2025, about $203,000 per employee, its filings show, including share-based pay.
Yale researcher Cheryl Wu said Chinese firms “simply don’t have enough of it” to offer competitive wages.
MiniMax is also hiring a lead recruiter for Silicon Valley and Seattle.
How each outlet framed it
- Rest of World
- reads the US hiring as a strategic shift toward Silicon Valley talent and proximity to a key market, citing MiniMax and Moonshot job listings
Sources: Rest of World