Poaching war: Staff at Mira Murati’s AI startup reject Meta’s advances

Over a dozen staff at Mira Murati’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Thinking Machines Lab (TML), have been approached or offered jobs by Meta, according to a report by Wired.

As per the report, despite the generous offers, none of the 50 people on Murati’s team have accepted. One source told Wired that one of those offers was worth more than $1 billion over several years, while others ranged from $200 million to $500 million across four years. In the first year alone, some were guaranteed between $50 million and $100 million.