https://yakinin.com/en/tags/%23talentwar/ Recent content in #TalentWar on Home Hugo -- 0.148.2 en Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:03:28 +0000 https://yakinin.com/en/posts/20250813-meta-raids-startup-after-rejection/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:03:28 +0000 https://yakinin.com/en/posts/20250813-meta-raids-startup-after-rejection/ <p>Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s recent attempt to acquire Mira Murati&rsquo;s new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, wasn&rsquo;t just a standard M&amp;A play. When Murati, OpenAI&rsquo;s former CTO, declined the offer, Meta switched tactics to a full-scale talent raid—and failed spectacularly. This isn&rsquo;t just industry gossip; it&rsquo;s a critical signal about where the real value lies in the AI talent war.</p> <p>Meta reportedly approached the startup&rsquo;s employees with staggering offers. Co-founder and leading researcher Andrew Tulloch was allegedly offered a compensation package worth as much as $1.5 billion over six years. Other offers to researchers ranged from $200 million to a reported $1 billion for a single individual.</p>