Rs 850 crore as signing bonus for an IT job? Yes. Sam Altman says rivals are trying to poach OpenAI staff with astronomical salaries

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has revealed that rival tech giant Meta is attempting to lure away his top talent with massive financial incentives—reportedly offering signing bonuses as high as $100 million (approximately Rs 850 crore). Altman made the disclosure during a podcast hosted by his brother Jack Altman, where he discussed the increasingly competitive landscape in artificial intelligence recruitment.

Altman said that Meta has been reaching out to several members of the OpenAI team with aggressive compensation packages that include not just hefty…