{"id":34450,"date":"2025-07-31T07:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/34450\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:48:12","slug":"not-a-single-person-has-accepted-the-offer-mira-murati-on-her-team-rejecting-mark-zuckerbergs-1-billion-offer-to-join-meta-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/34450\/","title":{"rendered":"Not a single person has accepted the offer: Mira Murati on her team rejecting Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s $1 billion offer to join Meta AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mira-murati-and-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt=\"Not a single person has accepted the offer: Mira Murati on her team rejecting Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s $1 billion offer to join Meta AI\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> It appears that Meta CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mark-zuckerberg\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>\u2019s 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 \u2014 Thinking Machines Lab. As reported by Wired, in a stunning rebuff to one of tech\u2019s biggest names, Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO and founder of Thinking Machines Lab revealed that none of her team members accepted Meta\u2019s billion-dollar offers to join its newly launched Superintelligence Lab.<\/p>\n<p>Mira Murati on her team rejected Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s offer<\/p>\n<p>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\u2014to lure top AI researchers from Murati\u2019s startup. \u201cSo far at Thinking Machines Lab, not a single person has taken the offer,\u201d 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, \u201cWe made offers only to a handful of people at TML and while there was one sizeable offer, the details are off. At the end of the day, this all begs the question who is spinning this narrative and why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should AI researchers prioritize independence over high compensation offers?<\/p>\n<p>Mira Murati\u2019s long-term vision for Thinking Machines Lab<\/p>\n<p>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 Mira Murati\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s aggrieves recruitment drive is not going to end anytime soon. 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