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Meta Acquihires Atma Sciences Engineering Team Behind Vibe-Coding App Gizmo for Superintelligence Labs

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Meta has confirmed it hired the engineering team from Atma Sciences — the startup behind Gizmo, a vibe-coding app that uses AI to create and share interactive mini-apps and games — to join its Superintelligence Labs division, Business Insider reports. The acquihire, which took place earlier in 2026, brings the ex-Snapchat engineers behind Gizmo into Meta's most ambitious internal AI research unit. The move signals Meta's continued focus on recruiting frontier-AI talent into its dedicated superintelligence research effort under chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.

Key Takeaways

  • Meta hired the full engineering team from Atma Sciences (makers of Gizmo vibe-coding app) to join Meta Superintelligence Labs — acquihire confirmed for early 2026
  • Gizmo let users build and share interactive mini-apps and games using AI; team is composed of former Snapchat engineers
  • Meta Superintelligence Labs is Meta's dedicated AGI/superintelligence research division; the acquihire adds a vibe-coding/agentic UI team to its roster

Original source: Business Insider / Techmeme