# Gergely Orosz says Meta's leadership turned it into top talent source for AI labs

> Original title: Meta has some of the best engineers and researchers in the industry - and thanks to the senseless actions the last few months of leadersh...

- Source: Gergely Orosz
- Published: 2026-11-06T23:38:10.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/cqm8oq6lvrksdby3cyzhglu15
- Original: https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2118850461134725558

## Summary

Gergely Orosz says Meta has some of the best engineers and researchers in the industry, and that recent leadership decisions made it the best place for AI labs to hire from. He adds that engineers without acquihire golden handcuffs are now open to leaving. Background from Zuhayeer says Meta, Google, and Apple are OpenAI's top three hiring sources, and OpenAI's median senior offer is over twice Apple's.

## Post

Meta has some of the best engineers and researchers in the industry - and thanks to the senseless actions the last few months of leadership it became the single best place for AI labs to hire from.

Anyone without an acquihire golden handcuff has shields down there...

## Quoted post @zuhayeer

> Meta, Google, and Apple are the top 3 employers that @OpenAI hires engineers from. At senior level, OpenAI’s median offer is over 2x Apple’s.
> 
> Apple is also interesting given OpenAI's push into custom chips and hardware.

https://x.com/zuhayeer/status/2118791549039612292