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Meta Platforms sued one of its former vice presidents for his defection to a “stealth” AI cloud computing startup.

Meta Platforms Inc. sued one of its former vice presidents for what it called a “stunning” betrayal in his defection to a “stealth” AI cloud computing startup.

However, he violated his contract as he was preparing to leave by taking a “trove of proprietary, highly sensitive, confidential, and non-public documents about Meta’s business and employees,” according to the complaint filed 29 February in California state court in Contra Costa County, and which has not been previously reported.

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