Posted 3/27/2024, 6:23:00 PM
AI talent wars heat up with million-dollar offers amid tech layoffs
- AI sector facing talent shortage despite tech industry layoffs, with $1 million job offers to lure top talent
- Companies like OpenAI, Meta offering accelerated stock vesting, poaching teams to attract scarce AI experts
- OpenAI reportedly offering median salary of $925K; Meta AI engineers make around $400K median total comp
- Meta trying to poach AI researchers from DeepMind, dropping interview requirements for candidates
- Layoffs in broader tech sector driven by overhiring in 2021 boom and now cost-cutting, but AI still growth area