Zuckerberg snares Australian tech superstar as AI hiring war heats up – AFR

Mark Zuckerberg has poached Australian artificial intelligence specialist Andrew Tulloch from one of Silicon Valley’s hottest start-ups, striking a blow for Meta in its big-money push to hoard the sector’s hottest talent. Tulloch is credited as a co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab – a mysterious AI start-up run by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati. It counts Australia’s Square Peg Capital and Airtree Ventures, among its global investors, who were jostling to invest in a $US2 billion ($3.1 billion) funding round that closed in July. Paul Smith edits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy. Connect with Paul on Twitter. Email Paul at psmith@afr.com
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