Keywords：Meta, AI talent war, Llama 4, Mark Zuckerberg, AI race, Meta poaching OpenAI employees, Bill Jia’s return, Scale AI partnership, Senior VP of AI, Multi-million dollar compensation
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Meta ignites AI talent war, poaching rivals and attempting to recall former executives: In response to the setback of the Llama 4 model, Zuckerberg is personally leading a massive AI talent recruitment campaign. Meta is not only poaching talent from rivals like OpenAI and Google with compensation packages worth tens of millions of dollars but has also spent over $1 billion to acquire a VC firm in the AI sector and reached an agreement with Scale AI to bring in its CEO and executives. According to an exclusive from QbitAI, Meta is frequently contacting former executives, including former Senior Vice President of AI Bill Jia, in hopes of their return. This “talent war” highlights the extreme scarcity of top-tier AI talent and Meta’s urgency to catch up in the AI race. (Source: QbitAI)