Meta Is Ripping Apart Its AI Division—& Betting Big To Catch OpenAI

In a high-stakes move to stay competitive in the rapidly evolving AI landscape, Meta Platforms is radically restructuring its artificial intelligence organization. The company is dismantling its existing Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) and splitting it into four specialized groups—focused on research, product, infrastructure, and superintelligence. This development follows months of internal tension and strategic uncertainty, culminating in a significant leadership pivot with the appointment of Scale AI’s founder Alexandr Wang as Meta’s new Chief AI Officer. The changes, formalized this week, come amid mounting pressure to deliver cutting-edge AI capabilities on par with rivals like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic. Meta is also exploring a dramatic shift in strategy—potentially downsizing its AI division, which has swelled to thousands of employees, and leveraging third-party AI models for the first time. With billions already invested and top-tier talent lured by nine-figure compensation packages, Meta’s reorganization signals a decisive effort to regain momentum in the race to develop superintelligence.