Meta's highest-paid employee is not happy with 'just money motivated' tag for his team

Meta SuperIntelligence Lab chief Alexandr Wang is pushing back on the idea that his team joined for the money. On the Core Memory podcast, Wang said the real draw was compute access, talent density, and research freedom—not the $100 million packages Meta reportedly offered. He also addressed the viral soup story involving Mark Zuckerberg and an OpenAI recruit.

By TOI TECH DESK