Meta Restructures Its AI Division Under New ‘Superintelligence Labs’ Initiative

Meta just pulled a major move: it’s reorganized all its AI teams into a new entity called Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), according to the Bloomberg report. The goal? To lead the charge in building AI that rivals or even surpasses human intelligence—yeah, the “superintelligence” kind you read about in sci-fi. This isn’t just a shiny new label. It feels like Meta is trying to change the game.

So, who’s running the show? Alexandr Wang, 28, founder of Scale AI, now Meta’s chief AI officer. Nat Friedman, who used to run GitHub, is coming in as co-lead, focusing on AI products. That’s a pretty wild duo. Meta also dropped $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in Scale AI, which is a number that’s honestly hard to wrap your head around. And they didn’t stop there—they’ve been scooping up top researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic. It’s almost like a high-stakes draft season, but for AI brains.

Zuckerberg’s memo made it official: Meta just poached four more OpenAI researchers—Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, Shengjia Zhao, and Hongyu Ren. That brings the total to 11 new hires, including folks from Google and Anthropic. It’s a talent grab that feels less like recruiting and more like assembling a superhero team, if you’re into that kind of analogy.

All of Meta’s AI efforts—Llama models, the FAIR research group, even their custom chip projects—are now under MSL. Zuckerberg is calling this “the beginning of a new era for humanity.” Maybe it’s hype, maybe it’s genuine excitement. Hard to say. But the scale of investment and the talent on board? That’s very real.

But what does “superintelligence” actually mean for the rest of us? Is it going to change everything, or just give us more Silicon Valley drama? I honestly don’t know. What’s clear is Meta’s move is bold, risky, and—whether you’re excited or skeptical—kind of impossible to ignore.