<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">Meta is in talks to hire AI investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross and partially buy out their venture capital fund, NFDG.Friedman and Gross would assist in leading Meta's AI efforts.NFDG has invested in AI startups like Perplexity, The Bot Company, and Safe Superintelligence.If Meta buys out the VC fund, it would have minority stakes in the startups without access to their information.Gross, also a co-founder of Safe Superintelligence, may leave the position to join Meta.Friedman currently advises Meta executives on the company's AI efforts.Meta recently invested in Scale AI and plans to hire engineers for its AGI team.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is actively recruiting AI researchers and engineers.Meta offered large signing bonuses to poach workers from OpenAI.In May, Meta reorganized its generative AI team to stay competitive in the AI industry.