The aggressive tactics underscore Silicon Valley's do-or-die push to lead in AI, seen as the next frontier technology.
Meta Platforms (META) recently attempted to acquire OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever's new startup, according to media reports, and is now said to be poaching its chief executive, signaling an aggressive push to grow its artificial intelligence capabilities.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an attempt earlier this year to acquire Safe Superintelligence, which was last valued at $32 billion, according to a report in The Information citing sources familiar with the matter.
Safe Superintelligence, which Sutskever launched last year after exiting OpenAI over differences with its CEO, Sam Altman, rebuffed Meta's offer.
According to the report, Meta turned its eye on Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross, who is now set to join the social media giant. He will work on Alexandr Wang of Scale AI, the startup Meta acquired last week for $14.3 billion.
Meta has also reportedly hired GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. Gross and Friedman are co-owners of venture capital firm NFDG, in which Meta is also taking a stake.
Stocktwits users took note of the hiring plan even as the retail sentiment for Meta climbed to 'bullish' as of late Thuesday from 'neutral' the previous day.

"This is savage mode," a user said.
Another user noted that Meta might already be winning the AI race, as it's begun making money from the new technology.
Meta shares are up 19% year-to-date.
A spokesperson told CNBC that the company "will share more about our superintelligence effort and the great people joining this team in the coming weeks."
Zuckerberg's aggressive tactics underscore Silicon Valley's do-or-die push to lead in AI. Big tech companies from Google to Apple are pumping billions of dollars into developing AI as the technology becomes more mainstream and viable in return-on-investment terms.
OpenAI's Altman has previously talked about a war for AI talent. In a recent podcast, he said Meta has tried to lure OpenAI employees by offering signing bonuses as high as $100 million and even larger annual compensation packages.
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