According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI has awarded stock worth an average of $1.5 million per employee at the end of the year, a figure considered an absolute record among major technology companies.
The publication, citing its source, reports that these payments covered approximately 4,000 OpenAI employees and that the total amount showed a sharp increase compared to previous years.
The newspaper writes that this figure is more than seven times higher than the payments Google made to its employees before its IPO in 2004 and is considered a rare occurrence in the technology sector.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the record increase is related to the fierce competition for talent in the field of artificial intelligence, with leading labs resorting to significant financial incentives to attract a limited number of highly qualified specialists.