Meta fully shifts focus to closed-source models, new model Avocado may launch next spring

Jinse Finance reported that after investing tens of billions of dollars to build the most expensive team in tech history for several months, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now deeply involved in daily R&D and is driving the company’s strategy toward directly monetizable artificial intelligence models. According to sources, a new model codenamed “Avocado” is expected to be released in the spring of 2026 and may be launched in a closed-source format (meaning Meta will strictly control and sell access to it). This move marks a significant departure from Meta’s long-standing advocacy of open source. Zuckerberg is devoting a large amount of time to a core team called TBD Lab, which, during the training of Avocado, even integrated third-party models including Google Gemma, OpenAI gpt-oss, and Alibaba Qwen. Meanwhile, Meta is making major adjustments in resource allocation, cutting investments in the metaverse and virtual reality, redirecting funds toward hardware such as AI glasses, and planning to invest $600 billion in AI infrastructure in the United States over the next three years.