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Big Technology Podcast · Friday, July 3, 2026

Zuckerberg Admits Meta's AI Agent Development Slower Than Expected, Considers Selling Excess Compute

Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told an internal Meta town hall that AI agent development over the past four months has not accelerated as anticipated. Meta is considering leasing its excess compute power, similar to SpaceX, due to a lack of internal products to utilize it.

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Mark Zuckerberg told an internal town hall on Thursday that AI development over the last four months has not accelerated in the way we expected, according to a recording.
Alex
Meta is projected to spend as much as $145 billion on AI infrastructure this year, a significant portion of Big Tech's more than $700 billion outlay on the technology.
Alex
And I might as well just share the second story here, which is at Meta is now considering leasing some of its excess compute, the same way SpaceX did, uh, because it doesn't seem to have the products that can make use of it.
Alex
Heard on Big Technology Podcast — “Zuckerberg’s Disappointment, OpenAI’s Equity Gamble, Alex Karp’s Rally Cry, published Friday, July 3, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Zuckerberg Admits Meta's AI Agent Development Slower Than Expected, Considers Selling Excess Compute — Heardvine