Internet Reacts To Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's OpenAI Talent Recruitment Drive: 'Living In A Real Life Episode Of Silicon Valley'

In a recent turn of events, Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce CRM, has attempted to recruit talent from OpenAI, garnering a variety of responses from the online community.

What Happened: Following a turbulent weekend at OpenAI, Benioff seized the opportunity to attract new talent, Business Insider reported. He offered immediate jobs and comparable remuneration to any OpenAI researcher willing to join Salesforce’s Einstein-Trusted AI research team.

Responses to Benioff’s offer have been diverse, ranging from indifference to outright rejection, and inevitably, some internet sarcasm. Notably, Boris Power, OpenAI’s head of applied research, and researcher Tony Wu openly declined the proposition.

Lol, like it was ever about compensation. We got >95% in less than 24 hours, and the compensation never crossed my mind!

Can you give us 700 of our amazing colleagues, then we may budge 🚀

— Boris Power (@BorisMPower) November 20, 2023

Its kind of like we're living in a real life episode of Silicon Valley

— Boring_Business (@BoringBiz_) November 20, 2023

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Additionally, Benioff directly reached out to OpenAI employee Steven Heidel, promising access to Slack’s messaging tool if he decided to join Salesforce. Amid these developments, internet trolls have taken the opportunity to jest at Benioff’s post. In a humorous twist, one user claiming to be OpenAI’s janitor expressed keenness to join Salesforce, garnering over 2,200 likes in a mere 10 hours.

However, the number of individuals who have reached out to Benioff regarding a job at Salesforce remains undisclosed, even though he shared his email in his initial post.

Why It Matters: This recruitment drive comes against the backdrop of uncertainty surrounding OpenAI's future. Salesforce has echoed Microsoft Corporation‘s MSFT move by inviting researchers from ChatGPT-parent, who plan on resigning, to submit their resumes directly to Benioff.

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