Meta Unveils Superintelligence Labs AI Unit with High-Profile Tech Hires

Menlo Park, CA — July 1, 2025 — Meta is stepping up its artificial intelligence ambitions with the creation of a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in an internal memo on Monday.

According to CNBC, the new AI unit will be led by some of Meta’s most recent high-profile hires, including Alexandr Wang, former CEO of data-labeling startup Scale AI, and Nat Friedman, former CEO of GitHub. The company has also added 11 other individuals to the team over the past few weeks.

Zuckerberg explained that the lab would focus on Meta’s foundation models, core AI research (FAIR), product development, and the next generation of AI models. He described the initiative as a “small, talent-dense effort” still in formation, with more members from across Meta’s AI teams expected to join.

“I’ve spent the past few months meeting top folks across Meta, other AI labs, and promising startups to put together the founding group,” Zuckerberg wrote in the memo, as reported by CNBC.

This move follows Zuckerberg’s increased personal involvement in AI strategy. Earlier reports revealed he had been personally recruiting top AI researchers and engineers, even inviting them to private meetings at his homes in Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto.

Meta’s aggressive hiring push comes amid a wider AI talent war. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously claimed Meta had offered signing bonuses of up to $100 million in efforts to poach top engineers and scientists.

On June 12, Scale AI announced a major investment from Meta and confirmed Wang would be joining the tech giant while remaining on Scale’s board. Meta has also reportedly hired Daniel Gross, a noted AI investor, and is in talks to partially acquire their venture capital fund NFDG, which has invested in startups like Perplexity AI, The Bot Company, and Safe Superintelligence.

While Meta has yet to issue a public comment on the news, the latest developments signal a serious push toward artificial general intelligence (AGI) and a clear intention to compete at the highest levels in the global AI race.