Meta Held Deal Talks With Startup Runway in AI Recruiting Push

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg discussed a possible acquisition with video startup Runway AI Inc.,as part of his deal-making drive in artificial intelligence.

The deal talks never reached a formal offer level where a dollar figure was discussed, and are no longer ongoing, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak about it. Zuckerberg has been on a hunt for the best minds in AI to build a “superintelligence” team — a recruitment push that has involved high salary offers and sometimes deal talks with ...