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Meta’s Superintelligence Labs Drives Record AI Talent Bidding War

Under the co-leadership of Alexandr Wang with Nat Friedman, the lab is offering packages reported as high as $300 million to lure elite researchers.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he is restructuring the company's AI efforts around a new "Superintelligence" drive and revealed a clutch of key hires from rival AI labs as he tries to catapult Meta into a leadership position in the development of the most capable AI systems.
Sam Altman is pushing back on Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive AI recruitment drive after the Big Tech company poached several key researchers from OpenAI.

Overview

  • Meta has officially launched Meta Superintelligence Labs, consolidating its AI divisions under Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang with Nat Friedman as co-lead.
  • Reports indicate Meta has approached at least ten senior researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepMind with offers up to $300 million over four years, though Meta disputes those figures.
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman condemned Meta’s recruiting tactics as “distasteful” and signaled a review of compensation and retention across its research teams.
  • Meta has already onboarded 11 senior AI researchers to its Superintelligence team, including former OpenAI staffer Trapit Bansal.
  • Investors and startups say the bidding war has fueled jealousy and FOMO throughout Silicon Valley, forcing smaller players to revisit pay structures and hiring strategies.