Meta’s push to develop its next frontier model, codenamed avocado, under new ai leadership is creating internal friction as it races rivals openai and google. Meanwhile, the company is slashing metaverse budgets and reshaping its hardware roadmap as wall street weighs the massive bet. Meta ai’s new avocado model from meta superintelligence labs, led by mark zuckerberg, aims to rival chatgpt and gemini in 2026.
Despite a shifting strategy and some uncertainty, meta’s scale and resources give it a strong advantage — though execution will be key in 2026 The launch timeline has reportedly shifted to early 2026, and the model may be. Wall street is watching closely.