Apple AI Chief Ruoming Pang Departs for Meta’s Superintelligence Division

Apple’s top artificial intelligence executive Ruoming Pang has reportedly left the company to join Meta Platforms, according to Bloomberg News. Pang, who led Apple’s foundation models team, is set to join Meta’s newly launched superintelligence division with a multimillion-dollar annual compensation package.

The move is part of an intensifying talent war among tech giants vying for leadership in AI development. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently restructured the company’s AI initiatives into a new division named Meta Superintelligence Labs, which will be overseen by Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI. Wang, now Meta’s Chief AI Officer, joined the company following Meta’s recent investment in Scale AI—an investment that valued the startup at $29 billion.

Both Apple and Meta declined to comment on the news when approached by Reuters.

Pang’s departure underscores the increasing competition for elite AI talent, as companies invest aggressively in building cutting-edge models and technologies. Meta, in particular, has become more assertive in recruiting high-profile AI leaders to accelerate its ambitions in large language models and advanced generative systems.