Just two months ago, Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, turned down a $1 billion offer from Mark Zuckerberg . Now, he’s had a change of heart. Tulloch has headed to Meta , but with a slightly bigger deal – $1.5 billion reportedly. According to a Wall Street Journal report citing a spokeswoman for Thinking Machines Lab, Tulloch chose to “pursue a different path for personal reasons”.

“We’re grateful for what he helped build here and are committed to finishing what we started together,” the spokeswoman was quoted by WSJ as saying.

The report further revealed that Tulloch informed his team of his decision to join Zuckerberg’s company through a message to employees on Friday. With this, he becomes the first person Zuckerberg has successfully poached from Murati’s AI

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