Meta Unveils Superintelligence Labs in Major AI Race

Meta is making a major bet on the future of artificial intelligence AI.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has launched a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, in a dramatic shift aimed at building Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

The new unit will be led by Alexandr Wang, the founder of Scale AI, who now becomes Meta’s Chief AI Officer.

Wang is joined by a star-studded team of AI experts from OpenAI, DeepMind, Google, and Anthropic.

Nat Friedman, former GitHub CEO, will co-lead the labs alongside Wang, focusing on product development and applied AI research.

Why This Matters

Meta’s latest open-source AI model, Llama 4, failed to impress.

The company has fallen behind top AI players like OpenAI, Google, and China’s DeepSeek. Industry analysts say Meta needed a bold new strategy—and this is it.

With Superintelligence Labs, Meta aims to build AGI machines that can outperform human intelligence.

These technologies could power future Meta products like smart glasses, AI assistants, and video-generation tools.

Zuckerberg’s AI Hiring Spree

Zuckerberg personally led a secretive recruitment push in recent weeks.

He reportedly made multi-million-dollar offers via WhatsApp to attract top talent. Earlier this month, Meta also invested $14.3 billion into Scale AI, further strengthening its position.

Meta has attracted major talent to its new labs:

• Daniel Gross, CEO of Safe Superintelligence
• Former DeepMind researchers Jack Rae and Pei Sun
• Ex-OpenAI engineers Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, Shengjia Zhao, and Hongyu Rent
• Joel Pobar, from Anthropic and formerly of Meta

These hires haven’t gone unnoticed. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims Meta offered his employees bonuses of up to $100 million.

Some experts are cautious. Meta’s Reality Labs, another ambitious project, has lost over $60 billion since 2020, with little return.

Meanwhile, Meta’s own Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun remains skeptical about AGI becoming reality soon.

Still, Zuckerberg is confident. He’s betting billions that Meta can catch up and possibly leap ahead.

The AI Race Is On

The global AI race is intensifying. Industry spending is expected to hit $320 billion by 2025.

Meta’s competitors like Microsoft, Amazon, and Anthropic are also investing heavily in AGI.

With Meta Superintelligence Labs, Zuckerberg has put the company at the center of the battle for AI dominance.

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