IITian clarifies claims he rejected Meta's million-dollar offer, says 'Offer was higher'

Ashley Paul, Published on Jul 10th, 2026

IITian clarifies claims he rejected Meta's million-dollar offer, says 'Offer was higher'

IIT Bombay graduate Rishabh Agarwal, who has previously worked at Meta, Google Brain, DeepMind and Waymo, responded after reports claimed that he rejected a million-dollar offer from Meta while quitting last year. "Meta's offer was an order of magnitude higher than $1 million," Agarwal said. "I rejected [Meta's offer] because I wanted to build something of my own," he added.

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