Meta offering OpenAI researchers up to $300 million to join its AI lab, says report; company responds, says ‘Some people have chosen to…’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly offering massive pay packages— up to $300 million over four years—to top AI talent for the company’s new ‘Superintelligence’ lab. Quoting unnamed sources, Wired reports that Meta has made at least 10 high-value offers to staffers at OpenAI. The offers include compensation along with company stock – a big part of it is given right away in the first year—bringing the total pay to over $100 million. Beyond these benefits, Zuckerberg is reportedly telling potential hires they won’t have to worry about access to computing resources—especially high-demand GPUs, which can make or break research success.
According to the report, many OpenAI employees said they are weighing the huge payouts against how much impact they could make at Meta compared to their current roles.
