Weiyao Wang
Joins Thinking Machines Lab · Apr 24, 2026 · News
Joined
Thinking Machines LabWhy, in the source's words
Weiyao Wang spent eight years at Meta — his first job out of college — helping build multimodal perception systems and contributing to open-world segmentation projects, including SAM3D. His final day at Meta was last week, and he has since joined Thinking Machines Lab (TML).
Also at these companies
| Date | Person | From and to | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Lilian WengPoachedThinking Machines Lab OpenAIOther | Other | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Barret ZophDepartedThinking Machines LabOpenAICTO | CTO | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Barret ZophAppointedThinking Machines LabOpenAIOther | Other | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Luke MetzAppointedThinking Machines LabOpenAIOther | Other | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Sam SchoenholzAppointedThinking Machines LabOpenAIOther | Other | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Soumith ChintalaAppointedNot statedThinking Machines LabCTO | Not stated Thinking Machines LabCTO | CTO |
About this move
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- Poached
- Role
- Other
- Announced
- Apr 24, 2026
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- TechCrunch
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