Meta Poaches OpenAI Researcher to Bolster AI Reasoning Capabilities

Jun 27, 2025
TechCrunch
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Summary

Meta bolsters its AI capabilities by poaching OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal, who joins the company's new AI superintelligence unit led by Alexandr Wang, aiming to develop advanced AI reasoning models to power products like AI agents.

Key Points

  • Meta hires key OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal to work on AI reasoning models
  • Bansal joins Meta's new AI superintelligence unit led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang
  • Meta aims to develop competitive AI reasoning models to power products like AI agents

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