Archive · 28 Jan 2026
Altman Criticizes Meta's Culture Shifts
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, recently criticized Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, for changing the company's culture to have more 'masculine energy.'
Altman said that OpenAI doesn't follow every trend in the tech industry, like talking about 'masculine energy' or becoming 'super woke.'
Zuckerberg had said that Meta's culture was 'neutered' and needed more 'masculine energy' to be successful.
The two companies are also competing for the best AI researchers, with Meta offering big bonuses to attract talent.
Altman was happy that some OpenAI employees didn't take Meta's offers, but Meta still hired some top researchers.
This shows that the two companies have different ideas about how to run a business and are both trying to be the best in AI.
Sam Altman criticized Meta's shift towards 'masculine energy' in corporate culture.
Altman claimed OpenAI avoids following ideological trends in the tech industry.
Mark Zuckerberg previously stated that Meta's culture was 'neutered' and needed more 'masculine energy'.
OpenAI and Meta are engaged in a talent war for AI researchers and engineers.
Meta hired top AI researchers in 2025, including Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman.
- Who
- Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO) and Mark Zuckerberg (Meta CEO)
- What
- Criticism of Meta's corporate culture shifts and a talent war between the companies
- When
- Recent, with references to events in 2025
- Where
- Tech industry, primarily between OpenAI and Meta
- Why
- Differing views on corporate culture and competition for AI talent
- Sam Altman
- CEO of OpenAI
- Mark Zuckerberg
- CEO of Meta
- Masculine Energy
- Term used by Zuckerberg to describe desired corporate culture
- Talent War
- Competition between OpenAI and Meta for AI researchers
- 2025
- Year Meta invested heavily in AI development