Archive · 27 Jun 2025
Meta Poaches OpenAI Engineers, Denies $100M Bonus Report
Meta, the company behind Facebook, is trying to build super smart AI, so they are hiring experts.
Some rumors said Meta offered $100 million bonuses to get them to join.
However, an AI expert named Lucan Beyer said those rumors aren't true.
Beyer and two other researchers are leaving OpenAI to work at Meta.
OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, had said his employees were getting big offers, but now some of his team is moving over to Meta instead.
Meta is also investing a lot into their AI development, including hiring the Scale AI CEO.
Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai are leaving OpenAI to join Meta.
Beyer denied receiving a $100 million signing bonus.
Sam Altman previously claimed Meta offered OpenAI employees large bonuses.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a 50-person "Superintelligence" team at Meta.
Meta hired Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang to work on AI efforts.
- Who
- Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, Xiaohua Zhai, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Meta, OpenAI.
- What
- OpenAI engineers are moving to Meta; Lucan Beyer denied receiving a $100 million bonus.
- When
- Recent
- Where
- Meta.
- Why
- To advance Meta's AI initiatives and address reports about large bonuses.
Meta
OpenAI
Recruitment
Meta
Recruiting AI talent.
OpenAI
OpenAI CEO claimed Meta was offering massive bonuses.
Compensation
Meta
Denial of specific bonus amounts.
OpenAI
Rumors of large bonuses offered.
- Company
- Meta
- Target
- OpenAI
- Recruits
- Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, Xiaohua Zhai
- Denial
- $100 million bonus
- Meta Hiring Goal
- 50-person "Superintelligence" team
