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Early Exits Hit Meta’s Superintelligence Labs as At Least Eight AI Staff Depart

The departures test a fast‑growing program built on aggressive recruiting alongside large bets on advanced AI.

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"I would guess that if you look back, you know, 20, 30 years from now, we're still going to be a technology company. Right, we're not like — we're not an app company," Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg told content creator Tiffany Janzen in an interview.
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Overview

  • Business Insider reports at least eight employees tied to Meta’s superintelligence effort have left less than two months after the division’s launch.
  • WIRED confirms at least three resignations from Meta’s superintelligence lab, including two researchers who returned to OpenAI after stints of under a month.
  • Research scientist Rishabh Agarwal said it is his last week at Meta’s AI unit, and Business Insider reports he is set to join Periodic Labs, a claim not confirmed by Meta.
  • Other notable exits include longtime engineer Bert Maher to Anthropic and senior product leader Chaya Nayak to OpenAI, alongside additional veteran departures.
  • A Meta spokesperson said such decisions are normal during intense recruiting, as the company navigates recent AI team reorganizations, a hiring pullback, and a new technical collaboration with Midjourney.