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Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO - TL;DR CNBC

Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO

Publishing timestamp: 2025-06-19 23:27:23


Summary

Meta attempted to acquire Safe Superintelligence, an AI startup founded by Ilya Sutskever, but ended up recruiting the startup's CEO Daniel Gross and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman instead. This move is part of Meta's aggressive hiring spree in the AI space, as companies like Meta, Google, and OpenAI compete to develop powerful AI models. Zuckerberg's tactics have escalated the AI talent war, with large investments and acquisitions being made in the industry.


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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/19/meta-tried-to-buy-safe-superintelligence-hired-ceo-daniel-gross.html


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