Meta says it is letting go of Virtue AI hires after four months
Meta announced it is letting go of employees it hired from Virtue AI four months after they joined in June. Spokesperson Andy Stone told Semafor that the departures were due to clashing work styles. Meta Superintelligence Labs remains focused on AI safety, alignment and frontier risk.
Key points
- Meta terminates Virtue AI employees after four months of employment
- Meta spokesperson Andy Stone cites clashing work styles as reason
- Virtue AI had prior collaborations with Anthropic, OpenAI and NIST
Virtue AI, an AI security startup, had previously worked with Anthropic, OpenAI and the Commerce Department's NIST. Axios reported in June that Virtue AI co‑founders Bo Li, Dawn Song and Sanmi Koyejo were joining Meta along with other employees. The Virtue team did not respond to requests for comment.
The decision comes as Meta continues to shape its AI strategy amid new calls for regulation in Washington. The move underscores the difficulty of integrating external safety talent into a large organization and may affect how other tech firms approach AI safety hiring.
Meta says it is letting go of employees it hired from AI safety startup Virtue AI four months after they joined the company, citing clashing work styles
semafor.com · 2 October 2026
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