Meta platforms discussed a potential acquisition before proceeding with Artificial Intelligence (AI) search startup Perplexity AI Inc.
Both companies cannot come on an agreement and have decided not to pursue the deal forward, who said that the details of the talks are not public. Financial terms could not be learned under the discussion. Permanence Recently, a new round stopped on evaluation of $ 14 billion (about Rs 1,21,438 crore).
Meta People also tried to hire Perplexity Chief Executive Officer Arvind Srinivas to join the social media company’s new “Superintendent” team, which focuses on the construction of a more powerful AI system, said people said.
Dialogue with Meta, which has not been reported earlier, highlights the desire to use deals and big tasks to catch Mark CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the AI race. Talks took place before finalizing Meta $ 14.3 billion (about Rs 1,24,052 crore) investment in Scale AI This gives 49 percent stake in data-labeling startups.
Meta and Perplexity did not respond to the remarks requests.
Established in 2022, perplexity core has emerged as one of the most prominent startups using generative AI to resume internet services. Perplexity alphabet inc. K is carrying an AI tool on Google that summarizes the search results, lists quotes to its answers and helps users to refine their questions to obtain best reactions. Startup is also developing AI-Accessed Web Browser,
Disappointed at the pace of AI development of Meta, Zuckerberg is giving a solid push for top AI talent from all over the industry with attractive salary packages. Meta AI’s former CEO Alexandra has been successful in hiring Wang, as well as at the same time Top researcher From Google Deepmind and SESAME AI Inc.
However, everyone is jumping to join the meta. Openai CEO Sam Altman said in a podcast this week that some of his employees were approached with a proposal by Meta $ 100 million (about Rs 867 crore) bonus signed And even large compensation packages, but refused to join the company.
According to people familiar with the matter, Meta is talking to Freedman, the CEO of East Githab, to recruit in the new team. The company is also working on hiring Daniel Gross, K.O. Safe superintendentA research laboratory was established by the pre -Openai chief scientist Ilya Sutaskewar, the person said.
Meta has also made initial discussion for a computing deal Safe superintendent We will use the infrastructure of the data center of the meta, the person said. Representatives of safe superintending did not immediately respond to the remarks request.
Other big technical firms including Google and Amazon.com have tried to establish themselves as the backbone of the AI ecosystem by providing chips and cloud computing resources to AI startups. Meta has not gone on this route till date.
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