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Meta’s Superintelligence Push Stumbles as Scale Alliance Wobbles and Rival Model Deals Are Weighed

A hiring pause signals consolidation following early attrition alongside a tepid Llama 4 reception.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: CEO of Scale A.I. Alexandr Wang testifies during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation hearing about artificial intelligence on Capitol Hill July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on barriers that prevent the Department of Defense from adopting and deploying A.I. effectively and the risks from adversarial A.I. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Meta did poach several employees from rivals, but a lot of people are leaving, too.
The logo of Meta is seen at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Overview

  • Leaders have discussed integrating Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s models into Meta AI on a temporary basis as the company works to advance its own systems, with Anthropic models already available in internal coding tools, according to The Information.
  • TBD Labs is sourcing data from vendors such as Mercor and Surge despite Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, and ex‑Scale SVP Ruben Mayer left Meta after two months, TechCrunch reported, though Meta disputes any quality issues with Scale’s data.
  • A memo confirms a temporary hiring freeze across Meta Superintelligence Labs except for business‑critical roles, alongside a reorganization into four groups—TBD Lab, FAIR, Products & Applied Research, and MSL Infra—with the AGI Foundations unit dissolved.
  • Early turbulence continues with departures and onboarding failures involving hires such as Ethan Knight, Rishabh Agarwal, and Avi Verma, while longtime staffers including Chaya Nayak and Loredana Crisan have also exited, according to multiple reports.
  • Following a muted reception for Llama 4, Meta has shifted focus from a public Behemoth release toward newer models and is racing to ship an updated Llama 4.X by year‑end, according to reporting from Business Insider and Ars Technica.