IITian Trapit Bansal Leaves OpenAI to Join Meta: Excited!

Indian-origin Trapit Bansal, a key OpenAI researcher, has left to join Meta's superintelligence unit. Bansal, a graduate of IIT Kanpur, holds advanced degrees in Computer Science. Meta's AI push under Mark Zuckerberg includes hiring top talent from OpenAI.

Jul 1, 2025 - 11:28
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IITian Trapit Bansal Leaves OpenAI to Join Meta: Excited!

Indian-origin Trapit Bansal has left OpenAI to join Meta. Bansal, a key player in OpenAI's reinforcement learning work, will be part of Meta's new superintelligence unit. The IIT Kanpur graduate confirmed his move on social media, mentioning his educational background and past research internships at top tech companies.

Meta, facing setbacks, is restructuring its AI efforts under Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), led by Alexandr Wang. Mark Zuckerberg aims for Meta to lead in AI, hiring influential researchers like Bansal from OpenAI. Zuckerberg sees superintelligence development as the future.

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