Sources: Meta tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence earlier in 2025; after Ilya Sutskever rebuffed the offer, Zuckerberg moved to recruit SSI CEO Daniel Gross
When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg poached Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang last week as part of a $14.3 billion investment …
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Discussion
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@prietschka
Paul Rietschka
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Zuckerberg is very publicly pushing aside LeCun. — And, wow, the desperation....
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@edzitron.com
Ed Zitron
on bluesky
Cargo cult shit. No strategy beyond “I need the smart A.I. guy” run by a guy who hasn't shipped a good product since the mid 2000s [embedded post]
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@ns123abc
Nik
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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Zucc tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's SSI for $32 billion > “Ilya Sutskever rebuffed Meta's efforts, as well as the attempt to hire him” IT'S NOT HAPPENING. [image]
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@kevinroose
Kevin Roose
on x
The problem with trying to buy your way into the AGI race in 2025 is that top-tier AI researchers 1) are already rich, 2) think we have like 1-4 years before superintelligence, and 3) don't want to spend those years building AI companions for Instagram
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@krishnanrohit
Rohit
on x
Ilya said no, so Zuck is hiring Nat and Daniel by buying part of their venture firm, and they'll report to Alex. This is all so weird! [image]
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@kr00ney
Kate Rooney
on x
Scoop: Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but ended up hiring its CEO instead More on Mark Zuckerberg's failed attempt at recruiting Ilya and buying SSI .. plus Meta's plan to bring on Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman @CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@danprimack
Dan Primack
on x
Meta has never had a corporate VC fund... this s the closest it's gotten.
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
on x
Kinda feel bad for whoever at Meta was tasked with “hire Ilya” [unless it was Zuck tasking himself, I guess]
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@basedbeffjezos
@basedbeffjezos
on x
Ilya can't be bought 😤 Gotta respect the man. That's a ton of money to turn down though holy shit.
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@josephjacks_
@josephjacks_
on x
When your CEO can be bought but your CTO cannot .. you don't have a real CEO.
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@josephjacks_
@josephjacks_
on x
@danprimack They do. The LP is Meta balance sheet. The GP is Zuck.
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@inductionheads
@inductionheads
on x
It what kind of stupid world does Nat Friedman report to Alex Wang One is a national treasure. The other is Alex Wang
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r/OpenAI
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Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO instead.
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Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO
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r/singularity
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Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO