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Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent


The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.

“We have a small number of leadership roles that we're hiring for, and those people do command a premium.” He added that the $100 million is not a sign-on bonus, but “all these different things” and noted OpenAI is countering the offers. As a point of comparison, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, received $79.1 million in total compensation in 2024, most of it in stock, according to a financial filing by the company. That’s an attractive offer in the AI industry, where access to cutting-edge chips, or GPUs, is highly competitive, and can influence how impactful the research ends up being.

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