Sam Altman’s AI Talent War: $1.5M Stock Pay Beats Zuckerberg in the Battle for Brains
OpenAI, under Sam Altman’s leadership, is offering an unprecedented average of $1.5 million in stock-based compensation to retain top AI researchers—outpacing even Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive hiring spree at Meta in the fiercest talent war the tech industry has ever seen.





