Artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI has strengthened its senior technical ranks with the appointment of Ruoming Pang, a prominent AI infrastructure expert who previously played a key role at Meta.
Pang, who joined Meta in mid-2025, was a central figure in building and overseeing infrastructure systems that supported the company’s Superintelligence Labs and next-generation artificial intelligence models. Before his time at Meta, he worked at Apple, where his focus was on large-scale AI model infrastructure and performance optimisation.
Brandspur Brand News gathered that Pang’s exit from Meta follows months of sustained recruitment efforts by OpenAI, underscoring the intensifying competition for elite AI talent among the world’s leading technology firms. Sources familiar with the move confirmed that Pang left Meta last week to take up his new role.
While neither OpenAI nor Meta issued immediate public comments, the hiring is widely seen as a strategic boost to OpenAI’s long-term ambitions. Pang’s expertise is expected to enhance the company’s ability to scale advanced AI systems, improve model training efficiency, and support the development of increasingly complex multimodal and autonomous AI workflows.
The move also highlights the extraordinary financial stakes involved in the global AI race. Industry reports indicate that Pang’s compensation package at Meta exceeded $200 million spread across multiple years, reflecting the premium placed on researchers capable of shaping foundational AI infrastructure.
His work at Meta formed part of a broader effort to position the company competitively against rivals such as Anthropic, Google, Apple, and OpenAI itself, as firms accelerate investment in artificial general intelligence and large-scale deployment.
For OpenAI, Pang’s arrival comes at a critical time as governments worldwide increase scrutiny of AI development, safety, and governance. With regulators paying closer attention to how advanced models are trained and deployed, OpenAI is reinforcing its technical leadership to support both innovation and responsible scaling.
The recruitment signals another escalation in the battle for top AI minds, as leading companies seek to secure the expertise needed to define the next phase of artificial intelligence development globally.
