Meta's Muse Spark: Alexandr Wang's $14B Gamble Delivers a Proprietary Frontier Model in Nine Months - April 9, 2026

Meta's Muse Spark: Alexandr Wang's $14B Gamble Delivers a Proprietary Frontier Model in Nine Months, Signaling the End of Meta's Open-Source Era - April 9, 2026 Meta Superintelligence Labs has released Muse Spark, its first AI model built from scratch under new Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. The proprietary model matches frontier competitors while using ten times less compute than Llama 4, marking a dramatic strategic shift away from Meta's open-source AI identity. Hosted by Chris and Laur...