Meta’s head AI scientist is reportedly planning to leave the company and launch his own startup — the biggest exit yet in Mark Zuckerberg’s push to develop “superintelligence” at the social media giant.

Yann LeCun, 65, a Turing Award winner considered a pioneer in AI development, has told colleagues he will leave Meta in the coming months, people familiar with the conversations told the Financial Times .

The French-American scientist is in early talks to raise funds for his own venture, the people said.

Shares in Meta fell 1.2% Tuesday morning as investors grow antsy for CEO Zuckerberg to prove massive spending on the new tech will pay off.

Zuckerberg has been trying to inject fresh energy into the AI division as Meta struggles to compete with behemoth rivals like OpenAI and Google.

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