These AI experts are getting offered boatloads of cash by Zuckerberg
Briefly

Meta is actively recruiting top AI talent, offering substantial compensation packages. Zuckerberg is treating AI experts similarly to professional athletes, with offers reaching as high as $1.5 billion over six years. Compensation often includes stock options that may lose value if Meta's stock price decreases. Talents like Alexandr Wang are leading AI efforts at Meta, while Matt Deitke, an impressive young recruit, has a $250 million deal over four years with the potential for significant upfront earnings. Meta's strategy emphasizes building a competitive AI team amidst a challenging recruitment landscape.
Zuckerberg has been dishing out massive compensation packages to AI experts and talent like they're pro athletes or Hollywood stars.
The packages are often heavily weighted toward stock options over cash, which means their value could largely evaporate if Meta's stock drops.
Wang has joined Zuckerberg in recruiting top AI experts to build out their team.
Deitke's deal with Meta is '$250 million over four years, with potentially up to $100 million of that to be paid in the first year.'
Read at Axios
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