# 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 (Ashley Gold/Semafor) — retained record

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[OpenAI Inc.](https://highsignal.app/entities/OPENAI)[original source ↗](https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2026/meta-parts-ways-with-virtue-ai)

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Techmeme permalink: https://www.techmeme.com/261002/p23#a261002p23

<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2026/meta-parts-ways-with-virtue-ai"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/261002/i23.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261002/p23#a261002p23" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ashley Gold / <a href="https://www.semafor.com/">Semafor</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2026/meta-parts-ways-with-virtue-ai">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</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Meta said it's letting go of employees it hired from AI safety startup Virtue AI four months after they joined the company in June &hellip; </p>
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