Meta

Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is the technology company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Quest and Ray-Ban Meta. Its AI division Meta AI is a research division of Meta that develops artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies【215030852010689012†L26-L28】.

Originally founded as Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) in 2013【215030852010689012†L14-L16】, Meta AI has become one of the largest open AI labs in the world with workspaces in Menlo Park, London, Paris, NYC and more.

Meta AI is the team behind the Llama family of open-weight models and Muse Spark assistant.

Mission & Focus

• Open AI for everyone: Llama is somewhat unique among major models in that it's "open," meaning developers can download and use it however they please【1108961311951014810†L63-L66】.
• Personal Superintelligence: Building an AI that knows your context and is there whenever you need it across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, meta.ai and Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
• Fundamental Research (FAIR): Research in self-supervised learning, NLP, translation, computer vision and the team that released PyTorch in 2017.
• Superintelligence Labs: New combined lab for FAIR, Llama models and AI products building next-gen foundation models.

What We Build

• Llama: LLM family first released in February 2023【215030852010689012†L75-L77】, most recent release is Llama 4【215030852010689012†L75-L78】. Flagship open models used by millions of developers.
• Meta AI: The assistant built on Llama, integrated into Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Quest. Also available as standalone Meta AI app and on meta.ai.
• Ray-Ban Meta & Quest: AI-powered wearables where Meta AI can see what you see.
• Developer Tools: PyTorch, Seamless Translation, Segment Anything, and MTIA chips for AI infrastructure.

Learn More

Official Resources

• Meta
• Meta AI (ai.meta.com)
• Llama.com
• Meta FAIR Research