China’s AI and chip firms are handing out shares to keep their engineers

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By Alina Maria StanAug 22, 2026, 12:40 pm97 ptsTrending
Chinese chip companies are running unusually broad equity schemes to keep engineers, with Cambricon covering 85.3% of its workforce and AMEC more than 97%. Europe’s semiconductor sector has a talent gap estimated at 65,000 workers. Chinese chip companies are giving away equity at a scale that looks less like…

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