Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 11:56am on 04 Aug 2025,Monday Business
Meta has offered a staggering $250 million compensation package to 24-year-old AI researcher Matt Deitke, doubling its initial $125 million bid after he declined. CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally intervened to secure Deitke, whose work on multimodal AI systems and autonomous agents has earned global acclaim, including an Outstanding Paper Award at NeurIPS 2022. Deitke co-founded Vercept, a startup backed by Eric Schmidt, focused on AI agents that act independently online. Meta’s aggressive recruitment reflects a fierce talent war among tech giants vying to build superintelligent systems. With offers rivaling elite sports contracts and access to massive computing resources, AI researchers have become Silicon Valley’s most sought-after stars in a race reshaping the future. (PC: Startup Pedia & India Today)
