NVIDIA’s Hiring Strategy for OpenAI Staff
NVIDIA’s Senior AI scientist Jim Fan announced that the company is actively recruiting engineers, researchers, and product teams. In a clear poaching attempt, Fan made a public post indicating that NVIDIA values OpenAI employees. This move comes as many OpenAI staff are considering leaving the company and some have already been hired by Microsoft after the recent leadership shakeup.
NVIDIA Showcases Research to Attract OpenAI Employees
To entice potential candidates from OpenAI, Jim Fan shared some of NVIDIA’s top research projects, including Voyager, MineDojo, and VIMA. This could be seen as an attempt to demonstrate the exciting and innovative work being done at NVIDIA to lure talent away from OpenAI.
Comparison of NVIDIA and OpenAI
NVIDIA’s market cap of $1 trillion and recent technological innovations contrast with OpenAI’s $86 billion valuation, indicating the company’s strong performance. This demonstrates the growth and potential that employees could be part of at NVIDIA compared to OpenAI.
Hot Take: NVIDIA’s Bold Move to Target OpenAI Staff
It remains to be seen how Sam Altman, former OpenAI CEO, will respond to NVIDIA’s attempts to recruit OpenAI staff, especially since Altman had been working on creating an AI-focused chip company to compete with NVIDIA.