June 20, 2010 - The Information reported yesterday that sources have revealed that theMeta The company is working with GitHub Former CEO Nat Friedman Contacted to be recruited into the AI team.
The social media giant has also been in discussions with Daniel Gross, Friedman's partner at investment fund NFDG, to join the company in its AI efforts, the report added.The company is also in partial acquisition talks with NFDG.
Big tech companies are ramping up AI partnerships and investments to stay ahead in the race for dominance. Last week, Meta announced a $14.8 billion investment in Scale AI (note: the current exchange rate is about 1063.81 billion yuan), its second largest investment to date. The company also hired Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang.
Friedman is a member of Meta's Advisory Board, which is designed to provide advice on technology and product development.