OpenAI hires ex-Apple models head from Meta: Reports | Technology News

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1 min readFeb 26, 2026 09:21 AM OpenAI has hired Ruoming Pang, a high-profile AI researcher at Meta, who had joined the company from Apple about ⁠seven months ago, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing an OpenAI spokesperson.
Meta and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for ⁠comment.
Pang oversaw artificial intelligence infrastructure for Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, ‌which is developing the company’s next generation of AI models. He left Meta last week after being aggressively recruited OpenAI for ⁠several ⁠months, the report added. Pang joined Meta last year on ⁠a ‌compensation package valued at more than $200 million ‌over several years, according to a Bloomberg report.
Meta and ‌its peers are fueling a fierce Silicon Valley talent war through aggressive hiring as tech firms ⁠offer multi-million-dollar pay packages to attract top talent in the race ‌to ⁠lead the next wave of AI.

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