Meta’s new AI unit takes flat management structures to the extreme

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Meta’s new applied AI unit will have one manager for every 50 individual contributors, according to an internal memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The unit will be led by Maher Saba, who is currently a vice president at Meta’s Reality Labs division, who will report to CTO Andrew Bosworth.

The organization will partner with Meta’s Superintelligence Lab to build “the data engine that helps our models get better, faster,” Saba said in the memo. 

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The flat structure for this unit reflects CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s broader strategy of “elevating individual contributors and flattening teams,” which he highlighted in Meta’s latest earnings call.

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