The Prompt: Meta Eyes Scale AI
- On June 10, 2025, Meta announced it is forming a new AI research lab focused on developing superintelligence, led by Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI.
- Meta has pursued billions in AI investments and plans to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI for $14.8 billion to strengthen its AI capabilities amid fierce competition.
- Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting around 50 top AI researchers and engineers, including from OpenAI and Google, to work closely in the new lab environment.
- Meta's AI technology has reached a user base of one billion active individuals each month, and the company intends to launch a dedicated AI application while considering subscription-based services as part of its future plans.
- Meta’s launch of the superintelligence lab and major capital expenditure reflect its efforts to outpace rivals and achieve AI systems that surpass human intelligence.
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Who is Alexandr Wang? Scale AI’s young billionaire CEO will head Meta’s new ‘superintelligence’ lab
Meta, which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram—as well as Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp—has tapped Alexandr Wang, the CEO and founder of the startup Scale AI, to head up its new artificial intelligence research lab, according to The New York Times. It is also in talks to invest over $10 billion in the company, Bloomberg reported. The lab will be dedicated to pursuing AI “superintelligence”—an AI system that would reportedly surpass huma…
Meta is creating a new AI lab to pursue 'Superintelligence'
Meta is set to launch a new AI research lab focused on achieving "superintelligence" under the leadership of Alexandr Wang, aiming to stay ahead in the technology race against major competitors like Google and Amazon.


Report: Meta taps Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang to join new ‘superintelligence’ lab
Mark Zuckerberg is hand-picking top researchers and engineers to join an upcoming AI research lab dedicated to “superintelligence," and Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is on the list.
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