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Meta Taps Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang to Lead 50-Person ‘Superintelligence’ Team

The initiative responds to Llama4’s shortcomings by co-investing with Scale AI to drive AGI research under Zuckerberg’s direct oversight.

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Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference in April.
Meta logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo

Overview

  • Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting about 50 AI experts to staff a new in-house lab at Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters dedicated to pursuing superintelligence.
  • Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang has been tapped to lead the effort as Meta nears a nearly $15 billion investment for a 49% stake in his company.
  • Meta has offered seven- to nine-figure compensation packages to entice top researchers from rivals including OpenAI and Google.
  • The push follows delays and benchmark controversies surrounding Meta’s Llama4 model, prompting a strategic reorganization of its AI operations.
  • Industry observers caution that superintelligence remains a loosely defined, hypothetical milestone even as tech giants pour talent and funding into the AI race.