Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a hands-on approach to forming a new elite team dedicated to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), a technology that could match or surpass human capabilities across multiple domains.
Zuckerberg has prioritized recruiting for this secretive new team, referred to internally as a 'superintelligence group,' according to people familiar with his plans. His audacious goal is for Meta to outstrip other tech companies in achieving AGI, the notion that machines can perform as well as humans at many tasks.
The team is expected to have about 50 people, including a new head of AI research, most of whom Zuckerberg is recruiting himself. Bloomberg reports that the CEO has reorganized office space at Meta's Menlo Park campus so that the new team will work in close proximity to him.
This AI initiative is happening alongside Meta's reported investment of over $10 billion in Scale AI, a data infrastructure startup that provides labeling services to help train AI models. The financing may exceed $10 billion in value, making it one of the largest private company funding events of all time. According to Bloomberg, Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang is expected to join Meta's AGI group after the deal is completed.
The superintelligence push comes amid internal challenges with Meta's AI development. The company's latest large language model, Llama 4, reportedly received a 'lukewarm' reception. Of the 14 authors behind the original 2023 Llama paper, 11 have since left the company, and newer Llama models are being developed by a separate team.
Once Meta reaches the AGI milestone, it plans to integrate these advanced capabilities across its product suite — not just social media and communications platforms, but also AI tools including the Meta chatbot and AI-powered Ray-Ban glasses. Meta's AI assistant already has one billion monthly active users across the company's family of apps, as announced by Zuckerberg in May 2025. The 'focus for this year is deepening the experience and making Meta AI the leading personal AI with an emphasis on personalization, voice conversations and entertainment,' Zuckerberg stated.
Meta intends to spend roughly $65 billion on AI this year, highlighting the company's commitment to advancing artificial intelligence capabilities. With Zuckerberg now in what sources describe as 'founder mode' and taking an increasingly hands-on approach to management, the race for superintelligence has clearly become a top priority for the social media giant.