After several months of investing tens of billions of dollars to build the most expensive team in tech history, Meta CEO Zuckerberg is deeply involved in daily R&D and is pushing the company's strategy to shift to an artificial intelligence model that can be directly monetized. According to people familiar with the matter, a new model codenamed “Avocado” is expected to be released in the spring of 2026, and may be launched in a closed source format.

After several months of investing tens of billions of dollars to build the most expensive team in tech history, Meta CEO Zuckerberg is deeply involved in daily R&D and is pushing the company's strategy to shift to an artificial intelligence model that can be directly monetized. According to people familiar with the matter, a new model codenamed “Avocado” is expected to be released in the spring of 2026, and may be launched in a closed source format.