Meet Trapit Bansal, who got record-breaking Rs 854 crore job offer from…; not from IIM, IIIT, NIT, BIT, VIT; he will work as…

Who does not wish to receive a high-paying job? Every individual aspires to get a good placement and be successful in his/her life. However, with talent, passion, hard work, and dedication, some people turn their dreams into a reality. One such person is Trapit Bansal, a young man who hails from Uttar Pradesh. Trapit has received an unbelievable offer from Meta, the company that owns Facebook, to join their Superintelligence team. It is to be noted that Meta offered this young individual a package worth Rs 854 crore.

Who is Trapit Bansal?

Speaking of his educational qualification, Trapit studied Master of Science(M.Sc. Integrated), Mathematics and Statistics from 2007 to 2012 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. In 2015, he pursued a Master of Science, MS, Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Furthermore, he completed a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He worked as an Analyst at Accenture Management Consulting. He worked as a research intern at Facebook in 2016, at OpenAI in 2017, at Google in May 2018, Microsoft in June 2020. Originally, he hails from Uttar Pradesh.

Trapit Bansal got record-breaking Rs 854 crore job offer from?

Additionally, he worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In January 2022, he joined OpenAI as a member of Technical Staff. On July 1, 2025, Trapit took to X and wrote, “Thrilled to be joining @Meta! Superintelligence is now in sight .”

Bansal co-created the model referred to as “01. In a post on LinkedIn, he wrote,”Thrilled to see the launch of o1! It’s been an incredible (almost) 3-year journey working on this project with the amazing team at OpenAI to build AI models that take reasoning and problem-solving to the next level.” At present, he is part of Meta’s Superintelligence team. Meta has offered him a package worth Rs 854 crore.

 

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