And OpenAi probably had to renegotiate with those with a $100m offer so their costs went up.
Suppose it is karma for Zuckerberg, Meta have abused privacy so much many dislike them and won't work for them out of principle.
That sounds like the actual move here. Exploding your competitors cost structure because you're said to pay insane amounts of money for people willing to change...
On the other hand: People talk. If Meta will not pay that money that talk would probably go around...
You also have to publicly account for RSU’s to the market just like any other expense.
>Base salary: $250,000 Stock: worth of $1,500,000 over 4 years Total comp projected to cross $1M/year
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zhengyudian_jobsearch-founder...
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/meta_offers_10m_ai_re...
If you define "best" as "not willing to leave", the statement "none of our best people have left" is actually near to a tautology. :-)