Meta AI is a privately owned entity headquartered in the US. Founded in 2015, the company employs approximately 10,010 individuals. It operates as an artificial intelligence laboratory belonging to Meta Platforms Inc.
On April 26, 2026, Meta AI released Sapiens2, a high-resolution human-centric vision model designed to improve performance in areas such as pose segmentation, normals, pointmap, and albedo, addressing common difficulties with human-centric computer vision. Concurrently, a study comparing user demographics across AI models indicated that 37% of Meta AI users live in households with an annual income exceeding $100,000, contrasting with 80% for Claude users and 50% for the average U.S. adult. The company's Llama-4 model also underwent evaluation as part of a comparative analysis of eight large language models (LLMs) on the Japanese cardiovascular surgery board examination, exploring their utility in certification and education.