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Shengjia Zhao

Lately: Meta as Chief Scientist, Meta Superintelligence Labs, from OpenAI.

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Recorded moves, newest first

Jun 30
Shengjia Zhao to Meta as Chief Scientist, Meta Superintelligence Labs
Gave Meta a direct technical line to the model architecture behind OpenAI's flagship product.
hirereportedJun 30, 2025Inc.: Meta Poached Its New Chief Scientist for Superintelligence From OpenAI

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.