""We're always under attack," Chen told Vance. "This is how I know we're in the lead, right? Any company starts, where do they try to recruit from? It's OpenAI. They want the expertise, they want our vision, our philosophy of the world. And we've made so many star researchers, right? I think OpenAI, more than anywhere else, has been a place that makes names in AI today.""
""It's been kind of interesting and fun to see it escalate over time. You know, some interesting stories here are Zuck actually went and hand-delivered soup to people that he was trying to recruit from us," Chen told Ashlee Vance on the author's "Core Memory" podcast. Chen said Zuckerberg's move was "shocking to me at the time" but since then, he said he's returned the favor. "I've also delivered soup to people we've been recruiting from Meta," Chen said, laughing."
Meta pursued OpenAI researchers and engineers with aggressive recruiting tactics, including personal outreach and large compensation offers. Mark Zuckerberg personally delivered homemade soup to a prospective recruit as part of a courting campaign, and Meta reportedly offered $100 million signing bonuses to attract engineers. OpenAI remains a major source of star AI researchers and faces continual recruitment pressure from rivals. Some OpenAI employees declined overtures, while others accepted offers and moved to Meta. The competition for AI expertise underscores OpenAI's leading position and the strategic value of its researchers and engineering teams.
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