Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta

Thinking Machine Labthe AI ​​startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta.

The Wall Street Journal reports this that AI researcher Andrew Tulloch announced his departure to employees in a message on Friday. A spokesperson for Thinking Machine Labs confirmed Tulloch’s departure to the WSJ, saying he “has decided to pursue a different path for personal reasons.”

In August, the WSJ reported that Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive AI recruiting blitz included an offer to acquire Thinking Machines Lab — and when that fell through, Zuckerberg reportedly tried to lure Tulloch with a compensation package that could have been worth as much as $1.5 billion over at least six years. (At the time, a Meta spokesperson said the WSJ’s description of the offer was “inaccurate and ridiculous.”)

Tulloch previously worked at OpenAI and Facebook’s AI Research Group.