Meta AI just shattered those norms for a single brain worth $100 million 😳

Real Madrid broke all the records for Ronaldo in 2009. Now that record no longer holds

Not a football star. A neural net whisperer.

And this isn’t a one-off.

A growing number of AI researchers now command deals bigger than elite athletes.

Mark Zuckerberg is now reportedly offering top research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over 4 years, with more than$100M in total compensation for the first year.

Meta has made at least 10 of these offers to OpenAI staffers, as per Wired 🤯

Here’s why it matters:

→ Meta is building a “superintelligence team.” → Zuckerberg committed up to $65B to AI infra & talent in 2025 alone. → Their mission? Make Llama 4 the gold standard. Serve 1B+ users. → Poach the best from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic.

But there’s a catch...

↳ MIT warns: If these $100M signings don’t ship breakthroughs in 3–5 years, the ROI vanishes. ↳ On top of that, the regulatory pressure is rising fast, especially in the EU & US.

This is no longer just an AI talent war.

It's the World Cup of Artificial Intelligence.

And the future belongs to whoever trains the best team.

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