The new poaching initiative is part of Mark Zuckerberg’s larger strategy to compete with AI leaders like OpenAI and Google.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly is building a team of 50 AI experts aimed at beating the company's tech rivals in achieving artificial general intelligence.Citing people familiar with Zuckerberg's plans,

Meta's AI development isn't going quite as well as billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg had hoped. Once a frontrunner in the AI race, odd failures to and setbacks to his company's "state-of-the-art" Llama 4 Behemoth have gotten the most of the tech tycoon,

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is bringing in Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang to help the social media company better execute on its AI ambitions.

Mark Zuckerberg is spearheading Meta's ambitious pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) by forming a dedicated superintelligence team. He's personally recruiting top AI experts, offering lucrative compensation packages to outpace competitors like OpenAI and Google.

Mark Zuckerberg is said to be hiring about 50 members for a new team working on AI-driven projects including artificial general intelligence.

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.