AI Genius Rejects $1B Offer from Zuckerberg

Andrew Tulloch, a University of Sydney graduate who grew up in Perth, spent more than a decade working at Facebook's parent company before joining rival OpenAI.

Mr Tulloch moved to the US in 2012 and spent 11 years at Facebook's AI company, where he rose to the role of distinguished engineer.

In 2023, he moved to OpenAI, the research organisation behind ChatGPT, before joining former colleagues in forming Thinking Machines Lab this year.

The start-up cites its mission of making 'AI systems more widely understood, customizable and generally capable'.

Mr Tulloch was a vice captain at Christ Church Grammar in Claremont, Western Australia.

He achieved an ATAR of 99.95 in 2007 before graduating with first class honours and the university medal in mathematics at university in 2011.

He graduated with the highest GPA in the Faculty of Science.

The Australian worked at Goldman Sachs as a quant while studying at the University of Cambridge.

He completed a masters in mathematical statistics and machine learning before embarking on his career in AI.

Zuckerberg has a history of attempting to poach rival companies' employees.