"Meta is in a race against time. And there's not long left on the clock. Meta's Superintelligence Labs is under pressure to release one of its first projects by year-end, according to insiders who spoke with BI. This team has been one to watch. Assembled with urgency, Mark Zuckerberg spared no expense, cherry-picking the very best talent. In June, Meta spent a staggering $14 billion to acquire nearly half of Scale AI - then promptly put its 28-year-old cofounder in charge of the Superintelligence push."
"That's just the tip of the iceberg. Meta has reportedly dangled compensation packages worth hundreds of millions to lure elite researchers from companies like OpenAI and Google DeepMind. But that strategy has rubbed some Meta employees the wrong way. As one former Meta researcher said, watching outsiders walk in with 10 to 50 times the compensation made some longtime staff feel like failures. Unsurprisingly, tensions are flaring. Some workers are threatening to jump ship to rivals. Others say they will quit on the spot to try to force Meta into negotiation"
Meta's Superintelligence Labs faces intense internal pressure to launch a project by year-end. The team was assembled rapidly with elite hires and heavy investment, including a June $14 billion purchase of nearly half of Scale AI and leadership placed under the startup's 28-year-old cofounder. Meta offered compensation packages worth hundreds of millions to recruit researchers from OpenAI and Google DeepMind. Large pay disparities fostered resentment among longtime employees, prompting threats of departures and immediate resignations by some staff aiming to force negotiation. Internal tensions risk talent flight just as the project deadline approaches.
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