Pondering Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta

Pondering Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has misplaced one among its co-founders to Meta.

The Wall Avenue Journal reviews that AI researcher Andrew Tulloch introduced his departure to workers in a message on Friday. A Pondering Machine Labs spokesperson confirmed Tulloch’s departure to the WSJ, saying he “has determined to pursue a special path for private causes.”

Again in August, the WSJ reported that Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive AI recruiting blitz included a proposal to amass Pondering Machines Lab — and when that failed, Zuckerberg reportedly tried to lure Tulloch with a compensation bundle that would have been value as much as $1.5 billion over a minimum of six years. (On the time, a Meta spokesperson stated that the WSJ’s description of the provide was “inaccurate and ridiculous.”)

Tulloch beforehand labored at OpenAI and Fb’s AI Analysis Group.