Archive · 19 Jun 2025
Meta Offers Huge Bonuses to Poach OpenAI AI Engineers
Meta, the company behind Facebook, is trying to hire top AI experts from OpenAI.
They are offering very large bonuses, potentially over $100 million, to get these experts to join their new AI team.
OpenAI's boss, Sam Altman, says this is happening, but so far, none of his best people have left.
Meta wants to catch up in the AI world, so they are investing a lot of money to build a strong AI team.
OpenAI's boss believes his company's focus on its mission and company culture will keep their employees.
Meta offered OpenAI engineers substantial signing bonuses to join their 'Superintelligence' team.
Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, stated Meta's offers exceed $100 million in compensation.
Altman confirmed that no OpenAI employees have accepted Meta's offers.
Meta's efforts are led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang.
Altman attributes OpenAI's success to its strong culture and mission.
- Who
- Sam Altman, Meta, OpenAI engineers.
- What
- Meta offered OpenAI engineers large signing bonuses.
- When
- Offers were disclosed in a podcast on June 19, 2025.
- Where
- Involves Meta and OpenAI.
- Why
- Meta aims to strengthen its AI division and compete in the AI field.
OpenAI
Meta
Employee Retention
OpenAI
Prioritizes mission and company culture.
Meta
Recruiting through high compensation packages.
- Company Offering Bonuses
- Meta
- Company Targeted
- OpenAI
- Reported Bonus Amount
- Over $100 million
- Reported by
- Sam Altman
- Meta Initiative
- Superintelligence team
- Meta Lead
- Alexandr Wang
Sources
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