Not a single person has accepted the offer: Mira Murati on her team rejecting Mark Zuckerberg’s $1 billion offer to join Meta AI

It appears that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s aggrieves recruitment drive is not going to end anytime soon. Now an online report reveals that after ScaleAI, Zuckerberg tried to acquire another AI startup — Thinking Machines Lab. As reported by Wired, in a stunning rebuff to one of tech’s biggest names,

Mira Murati

, former OpenAI CTO and founder of

Thinking Machines Lab

revealed that none of her team members accepted Meta’s billion-dollar offers to join its newly launched

Superintelligence Lab

.

Mira Murati on her team rejected Mark Zuckerberg’s offer

As reported by Wired, Thinking Machine Labs rejected staggering $1 billion offer from Meta to join its Superintelligence Lab. The compensation packages ranged from $200 million to $1 billion over multiple years—to lure top AI researchers from Murati’s startup. “So far at Thinking Machines Lab, not a single person has taken the offer,” Mira confirmed to Wired.However, on the other hand Meta communications director Andy Stone has disagreed with this statement. As reported by Wired Stone said, “We made offers only to a handful of people at TML and while there was one sizable offer, the details are off. At the end of the day, this all begs the question who is spinning this narrative and why.”

Mira Murati’s long-term vision for Thinking Machines Lab

Recently, Thinking Machines Lab raised funds at a billion valuation without launching a product, has quickly become one of the most-watched AI startups. Industry insiders say Murati’s long-term vision and leadership are key reasons her team remains united, even in the face of record-breaking offers.It is also said that researchers at Thinking Machines Lab are said to prioritize their independence and the opportunity to shape the future of AI from the ground up, free from the constraints of a large corporate structure.