Trapit Bansal
| Trapit Bansal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kanpur, India |
| 🎓 Alma mater | IIT Kanpur |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Research in artificial intelligence |
| 🌐 Website | Trapit Bansal publications indexed by Google Scholar |
Trapit Bansal is an Indian artificial intelligence researcher who worked at OpenAI before joining Meta Platforms' Superintelligence Lab in 2025. His recruitment received coverage in multiple business and technology publications.
Early life and education
Bansal graduated from IIT Kanpur with a degree in computer science.[1][2]
Career
Early career
Bansal worked as a data scientist at Accenture.[3]
OpenAI
At OpenAI, he contributed to research on large language models.[4] His published work includes studies on AI reasoning systems and transformer models.[5]
Meta
In 2025, Bansal joined Meta's Superintelligence Lab. Multiple Indian media outlets reported on the compensation associated with this move.[6] At Meta, he works on improving reasoning capabilities in AI systems.[7]
Research
Bansal has published peer-reviewed papers on machine learning, including:
- "Verified Transformers" (ICLR 2022)
- "Language Model Cascades" (NeurIPS 2021)
According to Google Scholar, these works have been cited over 1,400 times as of 2025.[8]
Media coverage
Bansal's career transition was reported by several publications, including:
- The Economic Times and NDTV for his move from OpenAI to Meta[9]
- Arab Times Online as an example of international competition for AI talent[10]
- Times of India documenting his career trajectory[11]
References
- ↑ Sharma, Neha (20 July 2025). "IIT Kanpur alumnus Trapit Bansal joins Meta AI team". News18 Hindi (in हिन्दी).
- ↑ Patel, Anjali (15 July 2025). "Who is Trapit Bansal? Meet Indian OpenAI research genius hired by Meta". Zee News.
- ↑ Joshi, Manasi (2 July 2025). "Rs 800 crore joining bonus: Once in Accenture, IITian Trapit Bansal has joined Meta AI superintelligence team". India Today.
- ↑ Gupta, Rahul (10 July 2025). "Influential researcher Trapit Bansal among 4 Meta poached from OpenAI". Moneycontrol.
- ↑ "Trapit Bansal - Google Scholar Citations". Google Scholar. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Kumar, Aniket (5 July 2025). "Who is Trapit Bansal? Ex-OpenAI researcher joins Meta Superintelligence Labs with a whopping signing deal". The Economic Times.
- ↑ Nair, Arjun (15 July 2025). "Meta recruits top OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal to boost AI reasoning team". Times Now.
- ↑ "Trapit Bansal - Google Scholar". Google Scholar. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Sharma, Ritu (8 July 2025). "Who is Trapit Bansal? IITian and key OpenAI researcher joins Meta". NDTV.
- ↑ Al-Mansouri, Khalid (12 July 2025). "Indian-origin OpenAI researcher joins Meta in latest AI talent shift". Arab Times.
- ↑ Deshpande, Tanvi (3 July 2025). "From Kanpur to Meta: Tracking the rise of Indian-origin researcher Trapit Bansal". The Times of India.
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