Key Takeaways
- Meta reportedly plans to hire Daniel Gross, CEO of Safe Superintelligence, and former Github CEO Nat Friedman.
- The pair run an investment firm, NFDG, which Meta intends to acquire a stake in.
- Last week, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang said he would also join Meta's AI development team.
- Meta's AI hiring blitz comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly been frustrated with the company's progress.
Meta Platforms (META) is doubling down on its strategy of investing billions of dollars to poach top AI talent, with plans to add another AI startup CEO to its ranks.
The Facebook parent plans to hire Daniel Gross, CEO of Safe Superintelligence, and former Github CEO Nat Friedman, according to reports citing The Information. The pair run an investment firm, NFDG, which Meta will acquire a stake in, the reports said.
Safe Superintelligence was launched by former OpenAI research director Ilya Sutskever, who reportedly rebuffed Meta’s attempts to hire him or buy the startup. When Sutskever declined, Meta turned to Gross.
Meta, Safe Superintelligence, and Gross did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Gross and Friedman are expected to work under Alexandr Wang, the ex-CEO of Scale AI who just last week said he would join Meta’s AI team. Meta also acquired a stake in the company worth billions of dollars.
Meta’s AI hiring blitz comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly expressed frustration with the company’s progress in AI development. Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported Meta was pushing back the launch of its latest Llama 4 large language model amid concerns about whether enough improvements had been made compared to previous iterations.
To speed up development, Zuckerberg is reportedly working to build what has been referred to internally at Meta as a "superintelligence group" that will sit near him at Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
Shares of Meta were about 1% lower in recent trading. The stock has gained nearly 20% so far in 2025.
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