AI engineer turns down $1.5 billion from Mark Zuckerberg

Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, became famous after turning down a $1.5 billion offer from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself.

Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, turned down a $1.5 billion compensation package from Meta. Photo: International Business Times .

According to WSJ , Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally recruited Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, with a staggering compensation package of up to $1.5 billion over 6 years. However, the former engineer at both Meta and OpenAI turned down the offer.

He is also the latest Thinking Machines Lab insider to turn down a big payday from Meta. Previously, former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati also turned down a $1 billion offer from Facebook’s parent company.

The WSJ report also said that Meta has contacted more than 100 OpenAI employees in recent months and has successfully recruited at least 10. Wired previously reported that dozens of employees at Thinking Machines Lab, the mysterious AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, have been approached by Meta with lucrative offers.

Despite the lucrative offers, however, none of the Thinking Machines Lab employees have accepted to leave. Speaking to Wired , Meta's communications director Andy Stone disputed the numbers but confirmed that offers had been made.

The firmness of Thinking Machines Lab members is considered a "painful blow" for CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the context of Meta investing heavily in the new Superintelligence lab, the company is said to have spent up to 300 million USD in 4 years to attract some leading AI researchers.

Even giants like Apple and OpenAI are "victims" of Facebook's parent company. In just one month, four Apple AI experts have joined Meta's super intelligence team.

Source: https://znews.vn/ky-su-ai-tu-choi-1-5-ty-usd-cua-mark-zuckerberg-post1574772.html