When you're being courted by a large tech company, what do you have on your AI researcher wish list?
Certainly money plays a role. But Mark Zuckerberg says he's also interested in the AI talent he talked about, as well as the other two.
“Historically, when I was recruiting people for different parts of the company, people are like, 'Okay, what's going to happen to my range?',” he said on an episode of Information Monday's TITV. “And here people say, 'I want someone who's reporting to me and the least GPU's.' ”
An AI GPU, or graphical processing unit, is a chip used by researchers to supply basic AI models and power. Nvidia, who became a hot commodity when the H100 GPU began to launch AI races, was considered the leader in the space and later launched more powerful chips.
“Essentially, the most calculated thing per researcher is definitely the strategic advantage that not only does the job but also attracts the best people,” said Meta CEO.
Others who employ it in AI have proven the same phenomenon.
Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity Last year, I remembered trying to poach AI researchers from Meta and said, “Please come back when you have 10,000 H100 GPUs.”
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“We need to provide such incredible incentives and immediate availability of calculations,” Srinivas said. “And we're not talking about small computing clusters here.”
Large tech companies and artificial intelligence startups are currently looking for the best talent in AI. Million-dollar wage package.
Meta turbocharged plans to build AI infrastructure. The company recently announced plans for a new data center that includes approximately the same size as Manhattan. Meta also paid $15 billion to buy a 49% stake in Scale AI, founded by Alexandr Wang.
Zuckerberg is also personally involved in recruiting top AI talents.
And when limited management scope and access to vast computing power is not enough to attract top talent, there is always money. Meta has a lot to offer AI recruits.
The company has poached talent from rivals such as Google, Anthropic and Openai, says Openai CEO Sam Altman Meta offers recruits a $100 million signature bonus.
