Meta Platforms reorganises its AI group into four teams to accelerate superintelligence
TBD Lab (Alexandr Wang) will oversee Llama tooling; FAIR remains focused on foundational research
Products team led by Nat Friedman; MSL Infra dedicated to costly AI infrastructure
AGI foundations dissolved; leadership reshuffle avoids layoffs amid ongoing talent churn
Meta Splits AI Group into Four Teams to “Accelerate” Push Toward Superintelligence
Meta Platforms has reorganised its AI unit into four teams, TBD Lab, FAIR, Applied Research & Products, and MSL Infra, to sharpen focus on research, productisation and infrastructure. Chief AI officer Alexandr Wang will lead the effort
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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Meta Platforms is reorganising its newly formed artificial-intelligence group into four separate teams and reassigning many existing AI staff, chief AI officer Alexandr Wang said in an internal memo, Bloomberg reported.
The restructuring is intended to “accelerate” Meta’s pursuit of so-called superintelligence by organising work around three core areas, research, product and infrastructure, Wang wrote. No layoffs were part of the reorganisation, a person familiar with the matter said.
Four Teams, Four Roles
TBD Lab, which Wang will lead, will oversee Meta’s large-language models, including the Llama tooling that underpins the company’s AI assistant. FAIR (Fundamental AI Research), Meta’s decade-old research lab, will continue to focus on longer-term foundational projects and basic science.
A products and applied research team, led by former GitHub chief executive Nat Friedman, will take models and research and integrate them into consumer products. Finally, MSL Infra will concentrate on the costly infrastructure required to support Meta’s AI ambitions.
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The memo said the AGI foundations group is being dissolved; its leaders, Ahmad Al-Dahle and Amir Frenkel, are moving to strategic MSL initiatives and will report to Wang. Connor Hayes, who previously headed the AI products group, has already been reassigned to run Threads.
Aparna Ramani will run MSL Infra, while Robert Fergus will continue to lead FAIR after returning this spring from Alphabet’s DeepMind. Loredana Crisan, who moved from Messenger to the generative AI group in February, is departing Meta for Figma, sources said.
Context and Stakes
Meta has spent heavily to hire dozens of top AI researchers this year, often with lavish compensation packages, as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has set an ambitious aim to develop superintelligence. The company has repeatedly reshuffled AI leadership amid fast-moving competition from OpenAI, Google and other players.
The reorganisation is an attempt to stabilise and accelerate Meta’s AI efforts by creating clearer lines between foundational research, productisation and the infrastructure that powers large models.
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Observers will watch whether the new structure improves coordination and helps Meta translate its talent investments into competitive products.
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