US EditionMark Zuckerberg's Costly AI Talent Push Has Not Cost Meta Stock yet. Here's Why
- On July 1, Meta announced the formation of Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, recruiting top researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.
- Meta's underwhelming April Llama 4 launch and June's $14.3 billion Scale AI investment spurred a hiring surge to accelerate AI progress.
- Meta offers up to $300 million over four years, with over $100 million in first-year pay, making at least 10 such offers to OpenAI staffers.
- Following the recruitment of top researchers, Meta's shares hit a record $747.90, while OpenAI's chief research officer likened the exodus to a 'home burglary' amid industry concern.
- On the horizon of AI development, Meta's aggressive recruitment underscores the intensifying global competition among tech giants for general-purpose AI expertise with far-reaching implications.
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Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent - Overpasses For America
As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s offering top research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year, WIRED has learned. Meta has made at least 10 of these staggeringly high offers to OpenAI staffers. One high ranking researcher was pitched on the role of chief scientist but turned it down, according to multiple sources with direc…
CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, announces radical restructuring. Objective: Superintelligence. Alexandr Wang leads the new unit MSL.
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