Sam Altman says the AI talent war is a bet that a 'medium-sized handful of people' will make superintelligence breakthroughs

business • 8/9/2025

"I'm not I'm not totally sure what's gonna happen, but it is a crazy intense comp for a very small number of people right now."

The amounts of money being offered to hire AI geniuses is mind-boggling, as tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, Google and OpenAI fight over a tiny talent pool in their race to achieve the next breakthrough. And the cutthroat competition doesn’t look l... [1790 chars]