Meta Superintelligence Labs

{{Short description|American artificial intelligence firm}}

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| type = [[Subsidiary]]

| industry = [[Artificial intelligence]]

| founded = {{Start date and age|2025|06|30}}

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| hq_location_city = [[Menlo Park, California]]

| hq_location_country = U.S.

| key_people = [[Alexandr Wang]] {{nowrap|([[chief AI officer]])}}

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'''Meta Superintelligence Labs''' ('''MSL''') is an [[artificial intelligence]] firm based in [[Menlo Park, California]]. A subsidiary of [[Meta Platforms]], the company was founded to advance research on theoretical [[superintelligence]].

==History==

In June 2025, [[Bloomberg News]] reported that [[Mark Zuckerberg]], the chief executive of [[Meta Platforms]], had expressed displeasure at the fourth iteration of [[Llama (language model)|Llama]], the company's [[large language model]], in April, tasking employees to work overtime. Meta began internally developing Behemoth, a larger model set to be more sophisticated than offerings from [[OpenAI]], [[Anthropic]], and [[Google]], in response. According to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', amid concerns from Meta's leadership over Behemoth's capabilities, the company delayed the release of the model. The decision to delay Behemoth led Zuckerberg to involve himself closely with Meta's artificial intelligence efforts, starting a [[WhatsApp]] group chat with senior leadership to recruit researchers. According to Bloomberg News, Zuckerberg set a goal to hire approximately fifty people to staff a firm to achieve [[artificial general intelligence]]. That month, he sought to invest several billion dollars into [[Scale AI]] and hire its chief executive and founder, [[Alexandr Wang]].<ref name="BloombergPersonal">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-10/zuckerberg-recruits-new-superintelligence-ai-group-at-meta |title=Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New 'Superintelligence' AI Team at Meta |date=June 9, 2025 |last1=Wagner |first1=Kurt |last2=Griffin |first2=Riley |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> In addition, Zuckerberg had personally recruited researchers at his homes in [[Lake Tahoe]] and [[Palo Alto, California]];<ref name="BloombergPersonal"/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' later reported that Zuckerberg had offered compensation packages valued between {{USD|1}} to {{USD|100}} million to employees at OpenAI and Google.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/meta-new-ai-lab-superintelligence.html |title=Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue 'Superintelligence' |date=June 10, 2025 |last1=Metz |first1=Cade |last2=Isaac |first2=Mike |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref>

Days later, Meta announced that it was investing {{USD|14.3}} billion into Scale AI, an intentionally muted role despite hiring Wang in order to avoid scrutiny from the [[Federal Trade Commission]] amid an impending decision from judge [[James Boasberg]] in ''[[FTC v. Meta]]'' (2020).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/technology/meta-scale-ai.html |title=Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab |date=June 13, 2025 |last1=Isaac |first1=Mike |last2=Metz |first2=Cade |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> According to ''[[The Information (website)|The Information]]'', Zuckerberg was willing to provide {{USD|5}} billion, though Wang countered with {{USD|20}} billion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-agreed-pay-scale-ai-wanted-money |title=Meta Agreed to Pay up for Scale AI but Then Wanted More for Its Money |date=June 16, 2025 |last=Weinberg |first=Cory |work=[[The Information (website)|The Information]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> In order to fund the tentative firm, Meta implemented advertisements in WhatsApp.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/metas-new-way-pay-ai-investments-whatsapp-ads |title=Meta's New Way to Pay for AI Investments: WhatsApp Ads |date=June 18, 2025 |last=Huang |first=Kalley |work=[[The Information (website)|The Information]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> ''The Information'' later reported that Meta was discussing hiring [[Nat Friedman]], the former chief executive of [[GitHub]], and the businessman and investor [[Daniel Gross (businessman)|Daniel Gross]], and acquiring their venture capital firm, NFDG.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-talks-hire-former-github-ceo-nat-friedman-daniel-gross-join-ai-efforts |title=Meta in Talks to Hire AI Investors Friedman and Gross, Partially Buy Out Their Venture Fund |date=June 18, 2025 |last1=Huang |first1=Kalley |last2=Weinberg |first2=Cory |work=[[The Information (website)|The Information]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> According to [[CNBC]], Meta had sought to acquire [[Safe Superintelligence Inc.]], but the company was rejected by its founder, [[Ilya Sutskever]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/06/20/meta-zucker-berg-ai-daniel-gross |title=Meta reportedly plans big new AI hires |date=June 20, 2025 |last=Primack |first=Dan |work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> Additionally, Zuckerberg privately discussed acquiring [[Thinking Machines Lab]] and [[Perplexity AI]], though the deals fell through over disputes concerning prices and strategy. Days later, ''[[The Verge]]'' reported that Gross and Friedman would report directly beneath Wang.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/meta-discussed-buying-perplexity-before-investing-in-scale-ai |title=Meta Discussed Buying Perplexity Before Investing in Scale |date=June 20, 2025 |last1=Gurman |first1=Mark |last2=Roof |first2=Katie |last3=Griffin |first3=Riley |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/690720/meta-buy-thinking-machines-perplexity-safe-superintelligence |title=Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence |date=June 20, 2025 |last=Heath |first=Alex |work=[[The Verge]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> Zuckerberg assumed a dominant role in hiring employees,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a86f5ca3-f841-4cdc-9376-304e085c4cfd |title=How Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his inner brawler |date=June 19, 2025 |last=Murphy |first=Hannah |work=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> though his efforts faced complications from researchers who expressed skepticism at Meta's artificial intelligence, uncertainty over internal restructuring, and a perceived strategic conflict with Meta's vice president for artificial intelligence, [[Yann LeCun]].<ref name="WSJRecruiting">{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-recruiting-mark-zuckerberg-5c231f75 |title=Zuckerberg Leads AI Recruitment Blitz Armed With $100 Million Pay Packages |date=June 22, 2025 |last1=Bobrowsky |first1=Meghan |last2=Jin |first2=Berber |last3=Cohen |first3=Ben |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> Additionally, several researchers were surprised to receive messages from Zuckerberg, including one person who, believing a message they received to be a hoax, did not respond for several days.<ref name="WSJRecruiting"/>

On June 30, Zuckerberg announced that he was establishing Meta Superintelligence Labs with Wang serving as [[chief AI officer]] and Friedman leading work on artificial intelligence products. [[Meta AI]], Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research, and several other subsidiaries, including a firm dedicated to "developing the next generation" of Meta's large language models, were placed beneath Meta Superintelligence Labs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark-zuckerberg-announces-new-meta-superintelligence-labs-unit-9be88cbb |title=Mark Zuckerberg Announces New Meta 'Superintelligence Labs' Unit |date=June 30, 2025 |last=Bobrowsky |first=Meghan |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> In an internal memo, Zuckerberg named eleven employees the company had hired.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-welcomes-superintelligence-team/ |title=Here Is Everyone Mark Zuckerberg Has Hired So Far for Meta's 'Superintelligence' Team |date=June 30, 2025 |last=Robison |first=Kylie |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> Zuckerberg's efforts forced other artificial intelligence executives, including [[Microsoft]]'s [[Satya Nadella]] and OpenAI's [[Sam Altman]], to attract researchers themselves.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai.html |title=In Pursuit of Godlike Technology, Mark Zuckerberg Amps Up the A.I. Race |date=June 27, 2025 |last1=Metz |first1=Cade |last2=Isaac |first2=Mike |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref> In July, Gross joined Superintelligence Labs as Friedman's counterpart.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-03/meta-hires-researcher-gross-to-join-new-ai-superintelligence-lab |title=Meta Adds Startup Founder Gross to New AI Superintelligence Lab |date=July 3, 2025 |last1=Ghaffary |first1=Shirin |last2=Wagner |first2=Kurt |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref>

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