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Abel founder claims Meta offered $1.25 billion over four years to AI hire — 'person still said no' despite equivalent of $312 million yearly salary


Perhaps not a surprising figure, given the talk of $100 million signing bonuses.

The above Tweet is actually an update to one Daniel floated into the X-abyss this weekend, suggesting that Meta was fishing for a high-caliber AI auteur armed with a $1 billion incentive. Francis, whose startup uses AI to build police reports from body cam footage and dispatch call data, shot to internet notoriety in 2023 when he pretended to be a disgruntled Twitter worker fired by Elon Musk. “It’s not that crazy when you think of it like an acquihire,” he stated, in an explanation which dovetails with Daniel’s highlighting of valuable IP being in folk’s heads in the current AI era.

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