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Meta wanted to buy OpenAI co-founder’s startup but settled for hiring its CEO: Report
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been focusing on artificial intelligence, recently investing in Scale AI and hiring its founder Alexandr Wang.
- Meta reportedly tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence, an AI startup led by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, but he declined the offer.
- Instead of acquiring Safe Superintelligence, Meta hired its CEO, Daniel Gross, along with Nat Friedman, former GitHub CEO and Gross's business partner at NFDG.
- Gross and Friedman will work under Wang at Meta, and the tech giant will also acquire a stake in NFDG.
- Meta will provide more details on its superintelligence efforts and the new team members in the coming weeks.
- Meta's strategy is part of the ongoing AI talent war among tech giants like Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mentioned that Meta offered large signing bonuses to attract talent but hasn't succeeded in luring top employees from OpenAI.
- Meta's hiring activities are not unique, as OpenAI itself acquired iPhone designer Jony Ive and Google and Microsoft have also made significant AI-related hires and acquisitions.
- Amazon is also leveraging AI to enhance efficiency, with CEO Andy Jassy mentioning potential job cuts due to the technology's impact.
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