Meta Wants To Recruit Former CEO GitHub Nat Friedman To Strengthen AI Division

JAKARTA - Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, is reportedly in negotiations to recruit former CEO GitHub, Nat Friedman, to strengthen the development of their artificial intelligence (AI) technology. This information was reported by The Information on Wednesday, June 19, citing sources familiar with the process.

Apart from Friedman, Meta is also said to be exploring the recruitment of Daniel Gross, Friedman's partner at the NFDG investment firm, to join the AI Meta team.

Not only recruiting personally, the report said that Meta is also in talks to buy some ownership of the NFDG a move that demonstrates the company's seriousness in expanding its portfolio and its influence in the global AI realm.

When asked for confirmation, Meta has not yet provided an official response to the news.

This move is part of Meta's aggressive strategy in strengthening its position amid intense competition in the AI industry. Last week, Meta announced an investment of US$14.8 billion (around Rp240 trillion) into the second largest AI Scale' investment in the company's history. Not only that, the CEO of Scale AI, Alexandr Wang, has also been recruited to lead a new unit called Super Intelligence in Meta.

For information, Nat Friedman is currently a member of the Meta Advisory Group, an external advisory board formed by Meta to provide strategic input in the development of the company's technology and products.

With the recruitment of influential figures in the technology industry, Meta does not seem to want to lose in the artificial intelligence dominance competition which is now the main focus of world big technology companies.