Anton Osika is cofounder and CEO of Lovable, a Swedish vibe coding startup. He is not bothered by Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive AI hiring spree at Meta. Lovable targets a very different type of talent than foundation-model specialists who are highly sought and highly compensated by Meta. Foundation-model experts are valued for model-training expertise but are not expected to perform as well on Lovable's specific engineering tasks. Lovable does not rely on massive signing bonuses and prioritizes moldability, team fit, rapid adaptability, and dynamic conversational indicators when evaluating candidates. Intense AI talent competition has driven very large bonuses industry-wide.
"For Zuck, it's like there's these 10 people that know everything about how to train foundation models and he's paying more for that knowledge than for these people," Osika told Stebbings.
"They wouldn't perform as well as the engineers in my team, doing what we are doing. So it's a very different type of talent," he added.
"If I knew who was the perfect engineer to hire, I could maybe step up our compensation bands to get exactly those. But I don't know who are the best people," Osika said.
"If I talk to someone and I learn a lot of things from them, and I notice that my conversation is very dynamic and exciting, that is usually a very good indicator," he said.
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