A Perth tech founder has reportedly left his own artificial intelligence company to join Mark Zuckerburg’s Meta.
Andrew Tulloch reportedly announced his departure from Thinking Machines Lab — an artificial intelligence research and product company — in a message to his employees on Friday, according to the Australian Financial Review.
A Thinking Machines Lab spokesperson confirmed Mr Tulloch’s resignation to The Wall Street Journal, saying, “Andrew has decided to pursue a different path for personal reasons.”
It comes just months after Mr Tulloch reportedly rejected a $1.5 billion offer form Zuckerburg to buy Thinking Machines Lab.
Zuckerburg’s offer also reportedly included “top bonuses” and “extraordinary stock performance”, according to The Wall Street Journal.
But Meta spokesperso