Source: CNN
“Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta offered employees of rival OpenAI signing bonuses of $100 million to switch companies, according to Open AI CEO Sam Altman. ‘They started making giant offers to a lot of people on our team,’ Altman said Tuesday on the ‘Uncapped’ podcast hosted by his brother Jack. ‘You know, like $100 million signing bonuses.’ Altman said that Meta’s attempts to poach his staff have failed, at least so far. ‘None of our best people have decided to take them up on that,’ Altman said. Meta didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. … Last week, Meta announced a $14.3 billion investment for a 49% stake in Scale AI to help Zuckerberg’s ambitions, including the hiring of the 28-year-old founder and CEO Alexandr Wang. Some employees from Scale AI will join Meta as part of the deal.” (06/18/25)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/tech/meta-openai-sam-altman-100-million