By Lakshmi Varanasi
Publication Date: 2025-12-13 23:36:00
The talent wars continue to rage across Silicon Valley as companies vie for the best and brightest minds in AI. There is, however, one major AI company that says it is not giving in to pressure.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said on Bloomberg Podcasts that he doesn’t plan to compete with tech giants like Meta by offering top dollar for talent.
“I don’t think anyone’s matching those things,” Suleyman said of the $100 million signing bonuses Meta has been offering engineers, and the $250 million packages it’s been using to lure top AI researchers.
“I think that Zuck’s taken a particular approach that involves sort of hiring a lot of individuals rather than maybe creating a team, and I don’t really think that’s the right approach,” he said.
Suleyman said he was “very selective” about new hires when he previously worked at DeepMind. At Microsoft, he said he has hired “incrementally,” prioritizing candidates who aligned with the team’s culture and had the…