Rishabh Agrawal Starts a New Company
Rishabh Agrawal 創立新公司
Introduction
Rishabh Agrawal is an AI expert. He left his job at Meta to start a new company called Periodic Labs.
Rishabh Agrawal 是一位 AI 專家。他離開了 Meta，創立了一家名為 Periodic Labs 的新公司。
Main Body
Rishabh studied at big schools in India and Canada. He worked at Google, DeepMind, and Waymo. He worked at Meta for five months in 2025.
Rishabh 在印度和加拿大的名校就讀。他曾在 Google、DeepMind 和 Waymo 工作。2025 年他在 Meta 工作了五個月。
Meta offered him a lot of money to stay. Some people said it was $1 million. Rishabh said the offer was much bigger than that. He said no to the money and left.
Meta 提供大量資金希望他留任。有人說金額高達 100 萬美元。Rishabh 表示實際提供的金額遠超於此。他拒絕了這筆錢並離職。
Now he leads Periodic Labs. NVIDIA and Jeff Bezos gave money to this company. The company uses AI to find new medicines and new materials.
現在他領導 Periodic Labs。NVIDIA 和 Jeff Bezos 都投資了這家公司。該公司利用 AI 來研發新藥和新材料。
Conclusion
Rishabh left Meta. Now he uses AI to do science at Periodic Labs.
Rishabh 離開了 Meta。現在他在 Periodic Labs 利用 AI 進行科學研究。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The "Who did what" Pattern
Look at how we describe people's history in this text. We use a simple formula: Person + Action (Past).
Examples from the text:
- Rishabh studied...
- He worked...
- Meta offered...
🛠️ How to build this sentence:
If you want to talk about your past, just take the action word and add -ed.
Work Worked
Study Studied
Compare:
- Now: He leads a company.
- Before: He worked at Google.
📦 Useful Words for A2
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Expert | Very good at something | AI expert |
| Offer | To give a choice | Meta offered money |
| Lead | To be the boss | He leads the lab |