The transformation became official through an internal memo this week, just four days after The Information first broke news of the impending changes. Leading the charge is Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s founder who stepped into Meta’s chief AI officer role back in June.
Wang will personally oversee the crown jewel of this restructure: TBD Labs. This group carries the heavyweight responsibility of advancing Meta’s foundation models, particularly the Llama series that saw its most recent update in April. The remaining three divisions will tackle research initiatives, product integration challenges, and infrastructure demands.
This essential reshuffling represents Meta’s response to mounting pressure from AI powerhouses like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. The company has been pouring substantial resources into its AI capabilities over recent months, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally recruiting talent for these new teams.
The timing coincides with Meta’s urgency to catch up in the AI race. While competitors have been making headlines with breakthrough models and applications, Meta needed a structure that could move faster and compete more effectively. The new Superintelligence Labs framework suggests the company is betting big on specialized teams working in parallel rather than a single monolithic AI division.
Wang’s appointment as chief AI officer in June already signaled major changes were coming. His background leading Scale AI, a company that specializes in training data for machine learning models, brings direct experience in the technical challenges Meta now faces with its Llama models and broader AI ambitions.
Written by Vytautas Valinskas
