As Mark Zuckerberg Staff New Meta Superintelligent labHe offers the highest level Research talent Payment packages of up to $ 300 million over four years, with over $ 100 million in total compensation for the first year, Wired has learned.
Meta made at least 10 constantly high offers to Openai employees, sources say. One high -ranking researcher was processed on the role of lead scientist, but rejected it, according to numerous sources with direct knowledge of the negotiation. While the pay package includes equality, in the first year the stock vests immediately, sources say.
“It’s about how much it would be necessary for me to work Meta,” says one Openai employment, who spoke with Wired with the condition of anonymity, because they are not allowed to speak publicly about the company. Other employees said they weigh the money against the possible effect they could have meta compared to Openai. Several believed that their effect would be greater at Openai.
“These statements are false – the size and structure of these compensation packages have been misrepresented throughout the place,” says Meta’s spokesman Andy Stone. “Some people have chosen a lot to exaggerate what is happening for their own purposes.”
A senior engineer who spoke to Wired confirmed that their salary was about $ 850,000 a year at a meta – an impressive amount that pales compared to the packages currently offered. Those in the salary band over this engineer (E7’s, in Meta -Terms) make an average of $ 1.54 million a year, According to user data sent on levels.fyi.
Andrew Bosworth, a leading technology officer at Meta, said not everyone receives a $ 100 million bid while Q&A with employees last week. “Look, you kids, the market is warm. It’s not that hot. Well? So it’s just a lie,” he said. “We have a small number of leadership roles we hire, and those people command a prize.” He added that the $ 100 million is not a signature bonzo, but “all these different things” and noted that Openai was opposing the bids.
As a comparison point, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, received $ 79.1 million in total compensation in 2024, mostly in stock, according to A Financial archiving of the company. Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s Director General, did about $ 39.4 million (Again, mostly in stock) the same year.
Monday, Mark Zuckerberg sent a note to meta -personnel introducing the new team of superintelligence. Alexandr Wang, formerly Scale Ai’s general manager, is now Meta’s chief AI officer, Zuckerberg said. He is joined by Nat Friedman, who previously led Github. Together, Wang and Friedman Koleos organization Zuckerberg called the Meta -superintended work. The company did not appoint a leading scientist or chief research employee as part of the announcement. Neither Wang nor Friedman are considered as researchers, at least in the traditional sense. None of the Openai employees who left for Meta received a $ 300 million offer, according to a source with knowledge of the contracts.
