AI Talent Poaching on Rise as Mark Zuckerberg Personally Mails Google DeepMind Talent To Join Meta AI Without Interview

If you are an AI Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer with significant contributions to design, development, and research, then Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg may email you with a job offer, and that too without an interview. 

At the global level, AI-qualified people are in high demand, as all the tech giants like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia, and others are looking for AI Scientists and ML Engineers with an average salary range of 2.5 to 10 million per year. 

According to a report by Mercer | Mettl, the most sought-after AI jobs in the next 10 years will be machine learning engineer, Artificial Intelligence (AI) product engineer, and data scientist. According to the report, titled ‘Talent Acquisition Insights’, attracting top talent is the biggest hiring challenge, with 40% of companies struggling to hire the best talent.

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In a recent development of AI Scientist hiring, Meta is reportedly hiring AI talent quite aggressively. A fresh report says that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is looking to hire AI researchers from its competitor, Google. 

According to a report by The Information, Zuckerberg has personally mailed several Google DeepMind staff, hoping they would join Meta. Besides personal mail from the boss himself, Meta is also luring prospects with higher salaries and offering to join without even conducting any interviews. 

Additionally, the company has reportedly adjusted its policy on salary negotiations and considering higher salaries for employees with competing job offers. This move is to hire experienced AI talents from the industry to develop and build Meta AI as a competitive platform as compared to other potential players. 

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Why Mark Zuckerberg Personally Mailing Google DeepMind Talent To Join Meta AI

• By targeting top researchers, including those from Google’s DeepMind, Meta aims to bolster its AI capabilities and stay ahead in this competitive landscape
• DeepMind is renowned for creating neural network models that self-learn to play video games. Their AlphaGo program made waves by defeating a professional Go player and reigning world champion. Meta seeks to tap into this talent pool to advance its AI initiatives
• Meta’s AI Talent Recruitment: Meta Platforms is adopting unconventional methods to recruit AI researchers, including offering jobs without interviews and increasing pay for employees considering leaving.
• Personal Involvement of Zuckerberg: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has personally reached out to researchers at Google’s DeepMind unit to persuade them to join Meta, highlighting the strategic importance of AI.
• Industry Competition: These actions underscore the intense competition for AI talent in the tech industry, as companies like Meta vie to secure top researchers to advance their AI initiatives.

What is AI Scientists Salary in OpenAI, Tesla, Google, Microsoft, Apple, NVIDIA

According to Rora a salary negotiation service reveals the sky-high compensations offered to AI Researchers as demand for talent in this rapidly growing sector.

Company	Final Annual Compensation	Initial Compensation	Negotiated Delta
Amazon	$719K	$520K	38%
Anthropic	$855K	$855K	0%
Apple	$450K	$337K	33%
Bloomberg AI	$460K	$318K	44%
Deepmind	$515K	$452K	13%
FAIR	$556K	$480K	15%
Google Brain	$695K	$590K	17%
Google Research	$549K	$310K	77%
Hugging Face	$238K	$185K	27%
IBM Research	$377K	$262K	43%
Inflection*	$825K	NA	NA
Microsoft Research	$449K	$270K	66%
NVIDIA	$390K	$340K	14%
OpenAI	$865K	$665K	30%
Salesforce Research	$441K	$355K	24%
Samsung Research	$285K	$240K	18%
Tesla	$780K	$702K	11%
TikTok	$605K	$430K	40%
Toyota Research	$410K	$370K	10%
Twitter	$409K	$359K	13%
Waymo	$530K	$385K	37%

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