Meta offers up to $100 million signing bonuses to lure OpenAI talent

Published 18/06/2025, 06:58
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Investing.com -- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) attempted to recruit OpenAI employees by offering signing bonuses reaching $100 million, along with even larger annual compensation packages, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Speaking on the "Uncapped" podcast hosted by his brother, Altman revealed that Meta had tried to hire "a lot of people" from OpenAI.

Despite these lucrative offers, Altman stated that "so far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that."

Altman also mentioned that he had "heard that Meta thinks of us as their biggest competitor."

He added that "their current AI efforts have not worked as well as they have hoped and I respect being aggressive and continuing to try new things."

The recruitment efforts highlight the intense competition for artificial intelligence talent between major technology companies as they race to develop advanced AI capabilities.

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