Metaverse team told to work ‘five times’ faster with AI

Remember metaverse? The virtual reality world from which Mark Zuckerberg's “Meta” takes its name may not be fancy technical term that was a couple of years ago, but now the company wants the workers who create it to use the latest technology trend: artificial intelligence.

In an internal message obtained by 404 Media, Meta's VP of Metaverse Vishal Shah apparently said The Metaverse team will work five times faster with the help of AI. “Think 5 times, not 5 percent,” was the picture in the note.

“Our goal is simple but bold: to make AI a habit, not a novelty. This means training and adoption must be a priority for everyone so that using AI becomes second nature—like every other tool we rely on,” Shah reportedly wrote to employees.

“I want to see [project managers]designers and [cross-functional] Partners roll up their sleeves and create prototypes, fix bugs and push the boundaries of what is possible,” the note says, according to 404 Media. “I want us to work 5 times faster by eliminating the obstacles that slow us down. And 5 times faster, so you can feel how our products feel much faster.”

A Meta spokesperson told Gizmodo that it is common knowledge that this is a priority and that Meta is AI-centric assist employees in their daily work. In April, Mashable reported that Zuckerberg wants AI will do half of the Meta coding by 2026.

This note comes shortly after AI gained attention at the Meta Connect developer conference last month, when it debuted (and failed demo) “Artificial Intelligence Glasses” Meta. Meta also recently launched Energyendless scrolling of AI-generated videos and continues to introduce AI into Facebook and Instagram, for example adding “AI Dating Assistant” for Facebook Dating.

While AI is a highly touted product today, it wasn't that long ago that the Meta leaned heavily into the metaverse, despite users are not particularly interested in this. Meta's VR efforts continue incur lossesWith Meta's Reality Labs reports losses of more than $4 billion in the second quarter of 2025.