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Meta Moves Metaverse Leader Vishal Shah to AI as Aul and Cairns Take Over XR

The shake-up underscores Meta’s plan to pair personal superintelligence with its XR platforms.

People walk behind a logo of Meta Platforms company, during a conference in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
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Overview

  • Vishal Shah becomes vice president of AI products in Meta Superintelligence Labs’ Products and Applied Research unit, reporting to Nat Friedman starting November 3.
  • Gabriel Aul now leads the Metaverse Product Group focused on VR and mobile experiences, with Horizon content and avatars teams moving under his purview.
  • Ryan Cairns continues to run Horizon OS as an org-level product group and now reports directly to CTO Andrew Bosworth.
  • Bosworth told employees the metaverse remains a companywide priority as Shah is charged with integrating AI across Reality Labs and the Family of Apps.
  • The reorganization follows roughly 600 job cuts in Superintelligence Labs last week, with Meta still investing heavily in XR, which Business Insider reports is set to top about $100 billion this year.