Meta Recruits Top OpenAI Researchers to Strengthen AI Team

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Jun 26, 2025
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Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has successfully recruited three prominent researchers from OpenAI to bolster the company's Superintelligence team, a strategic move aimed at addressing Meta's challenges in the artificial intelligence sector. The new hires include Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai, who previously worked at OpenAI's Zurich office. This office was established by the trio at the end of last year. Before their tenure at OpenAI, they collaborated at Google's AI division, DeepMind.

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