Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has misplaced considered one of its co-founders to Meta.

The Wall Street Journal reports that AI researcher Andrew Tulloch introduced his departure to staff in a message on Friday. A Considering Machine Labs spokesperson confirmed Tulloch’s departure to the WSJ, saying he “has determined to pursue a unique path for private causes.”

Again in August, the WSJ reported that Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive AI recruiting blitz included a proposal to amass Considering Machines Lab — and when that failed, Zuckerberg reportedly tried to lure Tulloch with a compensation package deal that would have been price as much as $1.5 billion over not less than six years. (On the time, a Meta spokesperson stated that the WSJ’s description of the supply was “inaccurate and ridiculous.”)

Tulloch beforehand labored at OpenAI and Fb’s AI Analysis Group.