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Maher Saba, head of Meta’s new Applied AI Engineering division, outlined an internal reorganization in a memo dated April 14, according to The Information.
Saba, previously vice president of Reality Labs Foundation before moving to the new role, said the changes were “big” but necessary, arguing that “This industry moves fast” and that without adaptation companies risk falling behind.
Meta’s reorganization will shift parts of the foundations organization into Reality Labs product units. Some members of the foundations team will move to the Reality Labs wearables group.
In addition, the quality assurance and “dogfooding” team—along with the trust and platform foundations team—will be embedded directly within the wearables and virtual reality units. The report notes that “dogfooding” refers to testing products and services in-house before a public launch.
Meta also said the foundations group will be spread across product teams to enable closer collaboration with the groups it supports.
The memo comes after Meta made large cuts to Reality Labs earlier this year. The company laid off more than 1,500 workers in January and implemented additional cuts last month.
In a late-year report on Reality Labs struggles, PYMNTS described Meta’s metaverse ambitions as having “shrunk,” citing stalled consumer adoption and “a set of hard lessons about how innovation in payments and commerce really happens.”
Separately, Meta said it plans to share what it learns at its Meta Lab stores with retailers selling its AI and virtual reality (VR)-enabled wearables. Meta has five Meta Lab stores where shoppers can experience Meta’s AI smart glasses and VR headsets.
Nicola Mendelsohn, head of Meta’s global business group, said at Shoptalk, per Retail Touchpoints, that the company can identify what draws shoppers in and adjust store layouts if they are confusing. She added that Meta wants people “to bring people together not just to browse but to participate.”
Meta also announced in January that it was postponing the global launch of its smartglasses due to “unprecedented demand and inventory,” which extended waitlists well into 2026. At the time, the company said it would continue focusing on fulfilling orders in the U.S. while re-evaluating international availability.

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