Big Tech is shelling out jaw-dropping compensation amid a fierce AI talent war. Meta is even offering $100m signing bonuses to woo top OpenAI researchers, according to CEO Sam Altman. But as top AI companies scramble to retain staff with massive bonuses and noncompete deals,

While Meta had sought to hire “a lot of people” from OpenAI, none of its best people have accepted the offers. The news comes amid efforts from Mark Zuckerberg to ramp up Meta's AI talent pool. Meta recently hiring Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang as part of a $14 billion deal.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Meta Platforms offered signing bonuses as high as $100 million to poach the ChatGPT maker's staffers.