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Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11 Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10 Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10 Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10 Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9 Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8 Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8 Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8 Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11 Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10 Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10 Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10 Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9 Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8 Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8 Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8

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Nat Friedman

Lately: Meta as Superintelligence Labs Leadership.

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Recorded moves

Jun 30
Nat Friedman → Meta as Superintelligence Labs Leadership
Rounded out Meta Superintelligence Labs' founding leadership pair alongside Wang.
hirereportedTime: Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025Jun 30, 2025

In the archive

Hiring & Talent
The Biggest AI Hires of 2025
Meta's $14.3 billion Scale AI deal, OpenAI's C-suite rebuild, and Google's Windsurf license turned 2024 and 2025 into a two-year auction for AI's rarest asset: the researchers themselves.
Hiring & Talent
Meta Superintelligence Labs: The Raid and the Reckoning
Alexandr Wang, Nat Friedman and Shengjia Zhao built Meta's superintelligence unit in a single summer of nine-figure offers and then spent a year restructuring around the researchers who stayed.