Meta Steals Apple’s AI Mastermind: The $14.3 Billion Tech War That’s Reshaping Silicon Valley
Meta has successfully poached Apple’s AI chief Ruoming Pang, the mastermind behind Apple Intelligence and foundation models, in a multi-million dollar deal that highlights the escalating AI talent war. Pang joins Meta’s new superintelligence team alongside Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, following Meta’s massive $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. This strategic move comes as Mark Zuckerberg grows frustrated with Meta’s AI progress, particularly after the Llama 4 model failure, prompting an aggressive recruitment strategy to compete with OpenAI and Google. The departure represents a significant blow to Apple’s AI ambitions and strengthens Meta’s position in the race toward artificial general intelligence.









