Earthquake in AI world, Murati hits back after rejecting Zuckerberg’s offer, hires Meta’s top researcher

New Delhi. There is a tremendous stir these days in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Meera Murati, who came into limelight by rejecting Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s $1 billion offer, has now made a move that has shaken the tech industry. Murati’s startup Thinking Machines Lab has hired Sumit Chintala, one of Meta’s biggest AI researchers and co-creator of PyTorch. This is being considered a direct counterattack to Zuckerberg in the industry because this is the same company which Meta wanted to buy at any cost.

Murati’s team could not even stop Mark Zuckerberg’s talent raid
According to reports, Meta had tried to buy Murati’s company, but he rejected the offer. After this, Zuckerberg started a full-scale talent raid and contacted more than a dozen of Thinking Machine’s 50 employees. Still, Murati kept the team together and now on the contrary, top talent from Meta is coming to his company.

Sumit Chintala’s emotional farewell message
Chintala announced this change by posting on X and LinkedIn. He completed 11 years at Meta and spent almost 8 years taking PyTorch from zero to 90 percent AI industry adoption. He wrote, “Leaving PyTorch is one of the hardest decisions of my life, but I am leaving with a full heart.”

Signs of major change in Meta
Meta is currently going through a major re-structuring phase. The company has recently reorganized into a new division named Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Also made many hirings from Google DeepMind, Apple and OpenAI. Some reports also suggest that the company’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun may also resign soon.

The growing strength of Thinking Machine Lab
Murati’s company, which was launched just a few months ago, is now preparing to raise new funding at a valuation of $50 billion. It is going to become a fast-rising unicorn because of its focus on AI models and human-AI collaboration.