Meta Platforms Inc. has poached top engineers from multiple tech firms, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, for a new team focused on achieving a more advanced form of AI called artificial general intelligence.

Now, Meta is slated to launch a research lab devoted to building superintelligent AI, according to a report from The New York Times. Alexander Wang, the 28-year-old founder of Scale AI, a startup that helps companies build AI apps, which could receive a multibillion-dollar investment from Meta soon, will reportedly join the new lab.

After dropping out of MIT, Wang founded Scale at the age of 19. Last year, the company was valued at nearly $14 billion. Meta, which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram—as well as Threads, Messenger,

Meta is reportedly investing billions in Scale AI and bringing its CEO Alexandr Wang onboard to lead a new AI team. Is that enough?

Meta taps Alexandr Wang to lead its bold new AI superintelligence lab, aiming to catch up with giants like OpenAI and Google. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting top talent, including Wang,