Masad: Meta's top AI hires earn more than company executives
Amjad Masad · AI CEO: How To Make A $10M Business With AI Employees (Amjad Masad, CEO of @replit) · Jul 30, 2025 · at 43:14
Replit CEO Amjad Masad discusses the escalating bidding war for elite AI talent in Silicon Valley.
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“Those guys that are getting that Meta's buying for hundreds of millions of dollars are getting paid more than the executives, more than the entire command chain together.”
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