Matt Deitke
Matt Deitke | |
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| Born | 2001 (age 23–24) United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Washington (BS) |
| Occupation(s) | AI researcher, entrepreneur |
| Employer | Meta Platforms |
| Known for | Vercept, Allen Institute for AI, Meta Superintelligence Lab |
| Website | mattdeitke.com |
Matt Deitke (born 2001) is an American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. As of August 2025, he works at Meta Platforms’s Superintelligence Lab, after accepting a $250 million employment offer,[1][2] following earlier public attention around declining a $125 million offer from the same company.[3][4] He is also known for his work at the Allen Institute for AI and as the co-founder of the AI startup Vercept.[5]
Early life and education
Matt Deitke was born around 2001 in suburban Chicago, Illinois, United States. He developed an early interest in computer vision and AI technologies. Deitke enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Computer Science at the University of Washington, where he began research into embodied AI and machine learning, but ultimately dropped out to focus on industry research and entrepreneurship.[6]
Career
Allen Institute for AI
After leaving academia, Deitke joined the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), based in Seattle, Washington, where he contributed to multimodal reasoning systems and vision-language models. There he was involved in the development of an AI chatbot named Molmo, a project that uses images, sound, and text.[2]
Vercept
In November 2024, Deitke co-founded an AI startup called Vercept, which aimed to develop autonomous agents capable of performing open-ended tasks in real-world environments.[4] Despite having only about ten employees at launch, the startup reportedly secured $16.5 million in venture capital funding.[4]
Meta Superintelligence Lab
In mid-2025, Deitke received a job offer from Meta Platforms to join their Superintelligence Lab, initially worth $125 million. He declined the initial offer.[6] After a personal meeting with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the offer was revised and doubled to a reported $250 million across four years.[4] Deitke accepted the updated offer and officially joined Meta as a lead researcher within its Superintelligence Lab at age 24.[6]
Awards
Outstanding Paper Award at NeurIPS 2022.[7][8]
References
- ^ "A 24-year-old AI researcher turned down Rs 1,090.63 crore offer from Meta, Zuckerberg doubled it up to Rs 21,791,975,000 - The Economic Times". m.economictimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Isaac, Mike; Tan, Eli (July 31, 2025), "A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like NBA Stars.", The New York Times, archived from the original on August 5, 2025, retrieved August 6, 2025
- ^ "Meta breaks records with $250m offer to 24-year-old AI prodigy", BizCommunity, May 8, 2025, retrieved August 6, 2025
- ^ a b c d "Quién es Matt Deitke, el genio de la generación Z al que Zuckerberg y Meta le han ofrecido un contrato histórico" (in Spanish). AS.com. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ Bishop, Todd (July 15, 2025). "Meta snags Seattle startup co-founder for Zuckerberg's elite superintelligence team". GeekWire. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Who is Matt Deitke, the 24-year-old AI researcher and PhD dropout behind Meta's $250 million offer?". The Times of India. August 4, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Meta just offered ₹2,196 crore to a 24 year old AI prodigy: Who is Matt Deitke? - BusinessToday". Business Today. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
- ^ "Who is Matt Deitke? 24-year-old AI genius who rejected Meta's $125 million offer and then Mark Zuckerberg personally met him with a doubled package". The Times of India. August 6, 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved August 8, 2025.