Meta Platforms: Inside Alexandr Wang's bid to revive Meta's AI edge

Muse Spark model has brought momentum, but doubts linger over whether billionaire prodigy can close the gap with rivals

3. Juni 2026 um 17:00 Uhr / Hannah Murphy, Financial Times

Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang looks on during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. Bild: Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images

A year after Mark Zuckerberg installed Alexandr Wang to jolt Meta's artificial intelligence efforts into wartime mode, the $1.5tn company has produced Muse Spark, its most credible AI model yet.

By handing responsibility for Meta's AI revival to a then-28-year-old start-up founder rather than a veteran researcher, Zuckerberg bet that an outsider's urgency and ambition could succeed where the company's established AI organisation had struggled.