As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s provided high tier analysis expertise pay packages of as much as $300 million over 4 years, with greater than $100 million in whole compensation for the primary 12 months, WIRED has realized.
Meta has made at the least 10 staggeringly excessive affords to OpenAI staffers, sources say. One excessive rating researcher was pitched on the function of chief scientist however turned it down, in response to a number of sources with direct data of the negotiations. Whereas the pay package deal consists of fairness, within the first 12 months the inventory vests instantly, sources say.
“That’s about how much it would take for me to go work at Meta,” says one OpenAI staffer who spoke with WIRED on the situation of anonymity as they aren’t licensed to talk publicly concerning the firm. Different workers stated that they have been weighing the cash towards the potential affect they may have at Meta compared to OpenAI. A number of believed their affect can be better at OpenAI.
“These statements are untrue – the size and structure of these compensation packages have been misrepresented all over the place,” says Meta spokesperson Andy Stone. “Some people have chosen to greatly exaggerate what’s happening for their own purposes.”
A senior engineer who spoke to WIRED confirmed their pay was round $850,000 per 12 months at Meta—a formidable sum that pales compared to the packages at the moment on supply. These within the pay band above this engineer (E7’s, in Meta phrases) make on common $1.54 million a 12 months, according to user data submitted on Levels.FYI.
Andrew Bosworth, chief expertise officer at Meta, stated that not everyone seems to be getting a $100 million supply throughout a Q&A with workers final week. “Look, you guys, the market’s hot. It’s not that hot. Okay? So it’s just a lie,” he stated. “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 just isn’t a sign-on bonus, however “all these different things” and famous OpenAI is countering the affords.
As some extent of comparability, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, acquired $79.1 million in whole compensation in 2024, most of it in inventory, in response to a financial filing by the corporate. Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, made roughly $39.4 million (once more, largely in inventory) the identical 12 months.
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg despatched a notice to Meta employees introducing the brand new superintelligence workforce. Alexandr Wang, previously the CEO of Scale AI, is now Meta’s chief AI officer, Zuckerberg stated. He’s joined by Nat Friedman who beforehand led GitHub. Collectively, Wang and Friedman will colead a company Zuckerberg dubbed the Meta Superintelligence Labs. The corporate didn’t identify a chief scientist or a chief analysis officer as a part of the announcement. Neither Wang nor Friedman are regarded as researchers, at the least within the conventional sense. Not one of the OpenAI staffers who left for Meta acquired the $300 million supply, in response to a supply with data of the contracts.
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