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Microsoft Targets Meta’s AI Top Talent with Multimillion-Dollar Offers: Report
Microsoft targets elite AI engineers from Meta with multimillion-dollar packages amid fierce industry competition to secure dominance in artificial intelligence development.
- On August 12, 2025, Microsoft launched a new hiring initiative targeting top AI engineers and researchers at Meta with highly competitive offers.
- This campaign follows a year of major workforce reductions at Microsoft, including roughly 15,000 layoffs, to shift focus toward AI investments.
- Microsoft assembled a detailed list of Meta AI staff, designating key candidates as 'critical AI talent' to accelerate offers matching or surpassing Meta’s compensation.
- Top Microsoft AI packages include salaries over $400,000, multimillion-dollar stock awards, and bonuses up to 90%, while Meta reportedly pays some researchers up to $250 million in total compensation.
- This aggressive pursuit reflects Microsoft’s aim to maintain AI leadership amid an escalating industry competition despite keeping its total workforce stable.
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