How a 24-Year-Old Founder Became a Magnet for Top AI Talent
What Changed and Why It Matters A 24-year-old Stanford PhD dropout, Carina Hong, raised a $64 million seed round and recruited top researchers out of Meta’s AI lab. Her startup,…
Why Top AI Researchers Are Leaving Meta and OpenAI for Founder Labs
What Changed and Why It Matters Top AI researchers are exiting Big Tech for founder-led labs. The catalyst: Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to launch a startup,…
Meta’s $250M bet on a 24-year-old signals AI talent free agency
Meta reportedly offered a $250 million package to 24-year-old AI researcher Matt Deitke. He first turned down $125 million. Mark Zuckerberg then doubled it. This isn’t just a hiring story.…