"Hire a bunch of these people," he said in a Monday interview on the a16z podcast, "because they're going to flip your company on its head in terms of how much faster the organization can run."
Top-tier AI researchers at Meta are reportedly being offered total compensation packages of up to $300 million over four years, with some initial year earnings exceeding $100 million.
"I would describe them as in a state of shock," said Deedy Das, an AI investor at Menlo Ventures. He was talking about three of his friends who are machine-learning engineers or AI researchers - Das said they've all been offered between $8 and $20 million in total compensation a year to join Meta. "It's honestly hard to digest."