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Meta Builds 'Superintelligence' Team of 50 Experts to Pursue AGI

Meta plans to invest $64 billion to $72 billion in AI capacity following delays to its Behemoth model aimed at improving performance.

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference in April.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Overview

  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is assembling a 50-member “superintelligence group” at Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters to accelerate work on artificial general intelligence.
  • The push reflects Zuckerberg’s frustration with the quality and reception of Meta’s latest large language model, Llama 4, driving him to oversee talent recruitment directly.
  • Meta has postponed the launch of its Behemoth AI model to ensure it delivers significant improvements over prior Llama iterations.
  • In late April, Meta announced plans to boost capital expenditures to between $64 billion and $72 billion this year to expand data centers, GPUs and other AI infrastructure.
  • The new team and spending surge intensify Meta’s competition with rivals such as Google and OpenAI for top AI talent and foundational breakthroughs.