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Sam Altman says Meta offered OpenAI staff $100 million bonuses, as Mark Zuckerberg ramps up AI poaching efforts - TL;DR CNBC

Sam Altman says Meta offered OpenAI staff $100 million bonuses, as Mark Zuckerberg ramps up AI poaching efforts

Publishing timestamp: 2025-06-18 05:03:06


Summary

Meta Platforms is making efforts to ramp up its AI talent pool, including trying to poach employees from OpenAI with large signing bonuses. Despite these efforts, OpenAI's CEO stated that none of their best people have accepted offers from Meta. Meta's CEO is personally assembling a top AI team and has invested heavily in AI research. Meta recently acquired a stake in AI startup Scale AI and has been recruiting top talent from other companies. Some analysts believe Meta is not missing the mark on AI and is making significant investments in the field.


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Keywords: business newstechnologybreaking news: technologymark zuckerbergmeta platforms inc

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/sam-altman-says-meta-tried-to-poach-openai-staff-with-100-million-bonuses-mark-zuckerberg.html


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