Meta's giant AI offers were "net neutral"—the real pull was the mission, says Alexandr Wang
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-13
Alexandr Wang (Meta's chief AI officer) reveals on David Senra's podcast that Meta's famously huge AI offers were roughly net-neutral for top researchers, since their OpenAI/Anthropic stock appreciation meant staying would have paid about the same. The real pull, he says, was the mission.
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