After a poaching frenzy that’s brought in talent from rival firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, Zuckerberg announced a team of nearly two dozen researchers in an internal memo.

The hiring spree and restructuring come as pressure mounts on Zuckerberg to justify Meta's massive capital spend on AI infrastructure

The new organization, called Meta Superintelligence Labs, will house Meta’s fundamental AI research team, also known as FAIR; the team that currently builds the company’s Llama models; and the team that develops Meta’s AI products—as well as a new lab focused on “developing the next generation of our models.”