Like Mark Zuckerberg It occupies a up-to-date Superinteligence Meta laboratory, offered remuneration packages about talents at the highest level of up to $ 300 million in four years, with over $ 100 million in total compensation for the first year, Wired found out.
Sources say that Meta has submitted at least 10 stunningly high offers to Openai employees. One of the high ranking researchers was displayed on the role of the main scientist, but rejected it, according to many sources with direct knowledge about negotiations. Sources say that the salary package includes own capital, in the first year shares.
“It’s about how much it would take me to work in the finish line,” says one OpenAi employee who talked to Wired provided anonymity because they are not authorized to talk about the company publicly. Other employees said that they weigh money in relation to the potential influence that they could have in the meta compared to Openai. A few thought that their impact would be greater in OpenAI.
“These statements are untrue – the size and structure of these compensation packages have been misled anywhere,” says Meta spokesman Andy Stone. “Some people decided to significantly exaggerate what is happening for their own purposes.”
The senior engineer who talked to Wired confirmed that their salary was about USD 850,000 per year in the finish – an impressive sum, which pales compared to the currently offered packages. People in the band above this engineer (E7, in terms of finish) earn an average of $ 1.54 million a year, According to user data sent at levels. Fyi.
Andrew Bosworth, technology director in Meta, said that not everyone received an $ 100 million offer during questions and answers with employees last week. “Listen, the guys, the market is hot. It’s not so hot. Okay? So it’s just a lie,” he said. “We have a small number of leadership roles for which we employ, and these people prove bonuses.” He added that $ 100 million is not a bonus to sign up, but “all these different things” and noticed that OpenAI counteracting offers.
For comparison, satya nadella, Microsoft CEO, received $ 79.1 million in total compensation in 2024 financial application by the company. Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber General, made roughly $ 39.4 million (Again, mainly in stock) in the same year.
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg sent a note to Meta -Personel depicting a up-to-date superinteligence team. Zuckerberg said that Alexandr Wang, previously CEO Scale AI, is now the director of AI Meta. Nat Friedman joins him, who was previously led by Githuba. Together Wang and Friedman will be Colead as the Zuckerberg organization called Meta Superinteligence Labs. The company did not mention the main scientist or research director as part of the announcement. Neither Wang nor Friedman are considered researchers, at least in the established sense. None of the Opeli employees who went to Meta received an offer of $ 300 million, according to the source with knowledge about contracts.