Google just completed its $1.5 billion-plus talent deal for AI startup Mechanize

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Bloomberg/Getty Images Mechanize's ex-CEO Tamay Besiroglu, along with over a dozen other employees, now work at Google.

The deal's terms weren't disclosed.

Google had been in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal, per sources.

Mechanize launched last year with a mission of automating every job in the world.

Google has some fresh talent in the AI race.

The tech giant has completed its talent deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, public postings show.

Mechanize's co-founder and ex-CEO, Tamay Besiroglu, now works as a research scientist at Google's AI division, DeepMind, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Over a dozen other former Mechanize employees now work at Google, per LinkedIn, mostly on the company's 'midtraining' efforts — a key part of building the best chatbot.

Google and Besiroglu declined to comment.

Google had been in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal for Mechanize's tech and talent, Business Insider previously reported .

The final terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

Mechanize's former chief of staff, Guive Assadi, now describes himself as its CEO, per LinkedIn.

Google has been struggling to release an AI model that's widely viewed as competitive lately.