Who is Trapit Bansal, the Indian-origin ex-OpenAI engineer behind Meta's AI push?
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's foundational models, has joined Meta's newly formed Superintelligence team.
Mark's push for aggressive hiring has caught the attention of people in Silicon Valley. For most parts, till now the AI industry has been driven by data but Meta has taken a different route of human intelligence to take on the big names that hold the monopoly.
Key player in OpenAI's rise
Trapit Bansal joined OpenAI in January 2022 as a member of technical staff. He played a pivotal role in developing the o1 model—OpenAI's first major leap in AI reasoning.
Working closely with co-founder Ilya Sutskever, Bansal helped lay the groundwork for the company's long-term goals in building smarter, more adaptable AI.
His departure in June 2025 comes at a crucial time for OpenAI, just as the company is refining its o3 model and facing pressure from competitors like DeepSeek's R1. Despite CEO Sam Altman's ambitious roadmap, Bansal has chosen to shift gears and join Meta's elite team.
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Joining Meta's superintelligence team
According to reports, Bansal is now part of Meta's ambitious Superintelligence initiative. The team, personally overseen by Mark Zuckerberg, aims to build the next frontier in artificial general intelligence. In a June 30 post on X, Bansal confirmed the move with a simple but bold message: 'Thrilled to be joining @Meta! Superintelligence is now in sight'
While compensation details remain undisclosed, Zuckerberg has reportedly offered packages up to $100 million to recruit top-tier AI talent for this high-stakes effort.
Academic excellence and career trajectory
Bansal holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in mathematics and statistics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, class of 2012. He later earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in meta-learning, deep learning, and natural language processing.
Before joining OpenAI, Bansal interned at major tech companies including Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, gaining a wide perspective across Big Tech.
Personal life
As for his personal life, Trapit Bansal has kept it private. However, as per reports, he currently lives in San Francisco, California. He is married, has a child, and shares his home with a small Australian Labradoodle named Yuki. Despite being at the center of cutting-edge AI development, Bansal keeps his personal life relatively low-key and grounded.
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