Overview

• Meta has expanded its superintelligence team to seven ex-OpenAI researchers with the addition of Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, and Hongyu Ren.
• CTO Andrew Bosworth insists that high-value offers are structured as long-term restricted stock units for a limited number of senior roles, not upfront cash bonuses.
• Mark Zuckerberg personally spearheaded the poaching campaign through a private “Recruiting Party” WhatsApp group aimed at elite AI talent.
• OpenAI’s chief research officer Mark Chen sent a memo vowing a compensation overhaul alongside new retention measures after viewing the departures as a breach.
• The escalating talent war underscores Meta’s urgency to strengthen its AI capabilities after lukewarm Llama 4 performance and intensifies rivalry with Google DeepMind and Anthropic.