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Microsoft is Trying To Poach Meta AI Talent and Offering Multimillion-Dollar Pay Packages


Microsoft has compiled a spreadsheet of Meta AI employees by name, location and position as part of an aggressive recruiting push to sustain its AI-driven march toward a $4 trillion market valuation, according to internal documents viewed by Business Insider. The company created a "critical AI talen...

Microsoft has compiled a spreadsheet of Meta AI employees by name, location and position as part of an aggressive recruiting push to sustain its AI-driven march toward a $4 trillion market valuation, according to internal documents viewed by Business Insider. The company created a "critical AI talent" designation enabling top offers within 24 hours and mandated matching Meta's compensation packages, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says reach $100 million signing bonuses and recently hit $250 million total packages.Microsoft AI under Mustafa Suleyman and CoreAI under ex-Meta engineering boss Jay Parikh have deployed special recruiting teams making multimillion-dollar offers with multimillion-dollar on-hire bonuses, while the company maintains flat headcount after cutting thousands of employees this year.

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