Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, heads to Meta

Thinking Machines Laboratorythe AI ​​startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Moratti, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta.

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

Last August, the Wall Street Journal reported Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive AI recruitment campaign It included an offer to take over Thinking Machines Lab — and when that failed, Zuckerberg tried to lure Tulloch with a compensation package that could be worth up to $1.5 billion over at least six years. (At the time, a Meta spokesperson said the Wall Street Journal’s description of the show was “inaccurate and ridiculous.”)

Tulloch previously worked at OpenAI and Facebook’s AI research group.