"Here, people say, 'I want the fewest number of people reporting to me and the most GPUs,'" Mark Zuckerberg said about the AI talent war.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said top AI researchers are joining the company not just for high pay, but for greater autonomy and access to powerful compute. He highlighted small, well-equipped teams and the chance to build from scratch as key draws,

When I sat down with Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerbergto talk artificial intelligence, I expected that he would want to discuss the company’s new supercomputer plans and talk about why he’s been working the phones all summer in a red-hot AI recruiting blitz.

I’m focused on building the most elite and talent-dense team in the industry,” Meta’s CEO said in a post regarding the superintelligence effort.

Helmed by Alexandr Wang, Meta’s newly created Superintelligence Labs unifies the company’s sprawling AI efforts and raises the stakes for rival AI firms.

Meta is reportedly offering massive salaries – up to Rs 1,600 crore – to top AI researchers from Apple and OpenAI. These hires will drive its Superintelligence Lab and long-term push towards AGI.

For Silicon Valley giants, getting ahead in the artificial intelligence race requires more than building the biggest, most capable models; they’re also competing to get third-party developers to build new applications based on their technology.

The hiring spree and restructuring come as pressure mounts on Zuckerberg to justify Meta's massive capital spend on AI infrastructure