MetaCEOMark Zuckerberghas now, after weeks of speculation, officially announced the creation ofMeta Superintelligence Labs(MSL), a sweeping reorganization of the company’sartificial intelligenceefforts aimed at building “personal superintelligence for everyone.” The new division will be led by formerScale AI CEO Alexandr Wangas chief AI officer, following Meta’s $14.3 billion acquisition of his data-labeling startup.”As the pace of AI progress accelerates, developing superintelligence is coming into sight,”Zuckerbergwrote in an internal memo obtained by CNBC. “I believe this will be the beginning of a new era for humanity, and I am fully committed to doing what it takes for Meta to lead the way.”Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman will partner with Wang to co-lead MSL, focusing on AI products and applied research. Zuckerberg described Wang as “the most impressive founder of his generation” and praised his “clear sense of the historic importance of superintelligence.”

The 11 key employees joining Meta’s Superintelligence Labs

The announcement comes alongside the hiring of 11 prominent AI researchers from competitors including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. According to the memo, Meta has been actively recruiting talent as part of its aggressive push to compete withOpenAIand Google in the race for advanced AI systems.Key new hires include:

Zuckerberg aims for AI frontier leadership with his Superintelligence team

“Meta is uniquely positioned to deliver superintelligence to the world,” Zuckerberg said in the memo. “We have a strong business that supports building out significantly more compute than smaller labs. We have deeper experience building and growing products that reach billions of people.””We’re going to start research on our next generation of models to get to the frontier in the next year or so,” Zuckerberg stated in the memo. The restructuring consolidates Meta’s foundations, product, and FAIR teams under MSL, alongside a new lab focused on developing next-generation AI models.Zuckerberg notes that the company’s AI efforts will focus on building systems that are not only human-capable but “personal,” deeply integrated into how people interact with technology. The CEO emphasized Meta’s structural advantages, writing: “Our company structure allows us to move with vastly greater conviction and boldness. I’m optimistic that this new influx of talent and parallel approach to model development will set us up to deliver on the promise of personal superintelligence for everyone.”Meta AIcurrently serves more than 1 billion monthly active users across the company’s platforms, powering what Zuckerberg described as “an increasing number of agents across Meta that help improve our products and technology.” He concluded the memo by stating: “We have even more great people at all levels joining this effort in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. I’m excited to dive in and get to work.” Meta’s aggressive AI expansion includes reported acquisition talks with Perplexity and Runway, plus an expected purchase of voice replication startup PlayAI.