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Meta Poaches Apple AI Executive Even as It Plans Hiring Slowdown
Meta's recruitment of six top AI researchers from Apple highlights intense competition for elite talent amid its strategic pivot to build advanced superintelligence capabilities.
- On August 22, 2025, Meta Platforms Inc. again recruited senior researcher Frank Chu from Apple Inc., with Bloomberg reporting he will join Meta's Superintelligence Labs despite planned hiring slowdowns.
- Meta's strategy combines big pay packages and a focus on quality hiring, offering deals exceeding $200 million to build its Superintelligence Labs under Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, while amassing over 100 researchers in recent months.
- For Apple, the departures have included a dozen AI specialists, with Frank Chu as the sixth researcher moving to Meta in seven weeks, prompting CEO Tim Cook to pledge major AI investments a few weeks ago.
- Meta's selective exceptions to its freeze have allowed targeted AI hires despite an earlier hiring pause, raising concerns about sustainability and internal chaos as the company consolidates gains.
- With over 100 researchers assembled, Meta's restructured Superintelligence Labs aims to rival OpenAI and Anthropic, concentrating elite expertise amid broader AI hiring freezes, industry watchers say this could reshape competition in the coming months.
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Apple loses another top AI executive to Mark Zuckerberg’s dream team despite Meta’s hiring slowdown
Apple's AI infrastructure head, Frank Chu, is leaving to join Meta's Superintelligence Labs. This follows a trend of high-profile departures from Apple, as Meta ramps up its AI recruitment efforts.
·New Delhi, India
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Meta Poaches Apple AI Executive Even as It Plans Hiring Slowdown
Meta Platforms Inc. is hiring another key Apple Inc. artificial intelligence executive, even as the social networking company prepares to slow its recruitment, according to people familiar with the matter.
·United States
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