Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has seen one of its co-founders leave for Meta.
According to The Wall Street Journal, AI expert Andrew Tulloch informed staff of his exit in a message sent on Friday. A spokesperson for Thinking Machines Lab confirmed to the WSJ that Tulloch was leaving, stating he “has chosen to follow a new direction for personal reasons.”
In August, the WSJ revealed that Mark Zuckerberg had made an aggressive push to recruit AI talent, including an attempt to purchase Thinking Machines Lab. When that effort was unsuccessful, Zuckerberg reportedly tried to entice Tulloch with a compensation offer potentially valued at $1.5 billion over a period of at least six years. (A Meta representative at the time dismissed the WSJ’s account of the offer as “inaccurate and ridiculous.”)
Tulloch has previously held positions at both OpenAI and Facebook’s AI Research Group.
