The reset began with a memo. Inside OpenAI's compensation working group, a single line read: "Our 2024 bands no longer reflect the market we created."
What followed was the largest single-quarter compensation revision at any AI lab in 2026.
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OpenAI's compensation reset triggers Big Tech response
An internal restructure at OpenAI quietly raised the floor for senior research compensation by 28%. Meta and Google replied within a fortnight.
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