IITian clarifies claims he rejected Meta's million-dollar offer, says 'Offer was higher'
Ashley Paul, Published on Jul 10th, 2026

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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