Meta Platforms has completed the acqui-hire of Dreamer, the AI agent startup founded by industry veterans Hugo Barra, David Singleton, and Nicholas Jitkoff. The entire Dreamer team has joined Meta Superintelligence Labs under Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang to accelerate the company's AI agent ambitions. Dreamer had launched earlier in 2026 with a revolutionary operating system for AI agents, enabling users to discover, build, and deploy personalized AI assistants without coding. The acquisition marks Meta's second major move in the AI agent space this March, following the Moltbook acquisition earlier in the month.

Meta Platforms has delayed the release of its next-generation AI model codenamed "Avocado" from March to at least May 2026, after internal testing revealed the model's performance falls short of leading competitors including OpenAI's GPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's latest Gemini models. The New York Times first reported that Meta's AI division leaders are now considering temporarily licensing Google's Gemini to power Meta's AI products. The delay comes as Meta plans to invest up to $135 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026 and reportedly considers layoffs of 20% or more of its workforce to fund aggressive AI spending.