The biggest names in AI are expanding their search for workers abroad as the talent war gets tougher. Federal data shows Anthropic, OpenAI, and Nvidia filed more H-1B visa applications for new hires and renewals in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 than they did a year earlier, as other tech giants pulled back from the program. The split points to a new reality in tech hiring. Companies are cutting jobs while concentrating talent in smaller, more specialized teams — or "pods," as Meta calls