At least eight AI researchers, engineers, and a senior product leader left Meta less than two months after the launch of Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Departing employees include long-time veterans who helped build core AI infrastructure and newer hires recruited to MSL. Meta has invested billions to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google and offered compensation packages reported to reach hundreds of millions to attract talent. The influx of highly paid newcomers created tensions and threats of further departures among existing AI staff. Company described some attrition as normal and said it wished departed employees well.
Meta's high-stakes bet on "superintelligence" is showing early cracks. At least eight employees, including researchers, engineers, and a senior product leader, have left the company less than two months after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a brand new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) aimed at bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone. The departing employees are mostly veterans who helped build some of Meta's core AI infrastructure, along with some newer hires lured by Zuckerberg's pitch to join MSL.
The wave of exits comes as Zuckerberg has poured billions of dollars into closing the gap with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. To staff the new superintelligence division, Meta has reportedly dangled compensation packages with hundreds of millions of dollars while scooping up talent from places like OpenAI and Google DeepMind. The arrival of lavishly paid newcomers has sparked tensions and threats of desertion inside Meta's sprawling AI operations, particularly among veteran staff who joined before the big superintelligence push.
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