China's Xpeng revises up 2025 planned hires to 8,000, founder says
With the added openings, Xpeng's workforce will be nearing 30,000 within this year, He said, according to a transcript of the speech seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
The revision highlights ramped-up hiring in smart driving with a large number of openings in fields such as large artificial intelligence models, according to the company.
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