As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s supplied high tier analysis expertise pay packages of as much as $300 million over 4 years, with greater than $100 million in complete compensation for the primary yr, WIRED has realized.
Meta has made a minimum of 10 staggeringly excessive gives to OpenAI staffers, sources say. One excessive rating researcher was pitched on the function of chief scientist however turned it down, in line with a number of sources with direct data of the negotiations. Whereas the pay bundle contains fairness, within the first yr the inventory vests instantly, sources say.
“That’s about how a lot it could 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 approved to talk publicly concerning the firm. Different workers stated that they have been weighing the cash towards the potential impression they may have at Meta compared to OpenAI. A number of believed their impression could be higher at OpenAI.
“These statements are unfaithful – the scale and construction of those compensation packages have been misrepresented in all places,” says Meta spokesperson Andy Stone. “Some individuals have chosen to enormously exaggerate what’s occurring for their very own functions.”
A senior engineer who spoke to WIRED confirmed their pay was round $850,000 per yr at Meta—a formidable sum that pales compared to the packages presently on supply. These within the pay band above this engineer (E7’s, in Meta phrases) make on common $1.54 million a yr, in line with person information submitted on Ranges.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 scorching. It is not that scorching. Okay? So it is only a lie,” he stated. “Now we have a small variety of management roles that we’re hiring for, and people individuals do command a premium.” He added that the $100 million isn’t a sign-on bonus, however “all these various things” and famous OpenAI is countering the gives.
As some extent of comparability, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, acquired $79.1 million in complete compensation in 2024, most of it in inventory, in line with a monetary submitting by the corporate. Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, made roughly $39.4 million (once more, largely in inventory) the identical yr.
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg despatched a word to Meta workers introducing the brand new superintelligence staff. 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 corporation Zuckerberg dubbed the Meta Superintelligence Labs. The corporate didn’t title a chief scientist or a chief analysis officer as a part of the announcement. Neither Wang nor Friedman are regarded as researchers, a minimum of within the conventional sense. Not one of the OpenAI staffers who left for Meta acquired the $300 million supply, in line with a supply with data of the contracts.
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