IIT-B alumnus Rishabh Agarwal clarifies rejecting multi-million-dollar Meta offer

IIT Bombay graduate Rishabh Agarwal clarified that the retention offer he rejected from Meta last year was an order of magnitude higher than the reported $1 million. The former Meta, Google Brain, DeepMind, and Waymo AI researcher addressed the viral rumors on social media, explaining that his decision to walk away from the multi-million-dollar compensation package was solely driven by his desire to build his own startup.