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Meta Doubles Offer to $250 Million to Secure AI Prodigy Matt Deitke

UNITED STATES, AUG 2 – Meta doubled its offer to $250 million to secure AI researcher Matt Deitke amid a $1 billion-plus spending spree to build an elite AI team, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

  • Meta secured AI researcher Matt Deitke with a reported $250 million four-year compensation package after direct negotiations in 2025.
  • Deitke initially rejected a lower $125 million offer but took the doubled package amidst fierce competition in Silicon Valley's AI talent wars.
  • Deitke, who recently left a PhD program and co-founded the AI startup Vercept, led development of multimodal AI and attracted high-profile investments.
  • Zuckerberg emphasized on an earnings call that Meta will continue investing heavily in AI talent, believing superintelligence will transform technology and personal empowerment.
  • This highly publicized deal highlights the escalating, sports-like market for AI talent, raising questions about economic inequality and concentration of corporate power.
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Business Insider broke the news in United States on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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