Facebook-parent Meta’s Chief Financial Officer, Susan Li, has confirmed the existence of the company’s new research unit, TBD Lab. The unit, which Li says is composed of “a few dozen” researchers and engineers, is focused on developing the social media giant’s next-generation foundation models. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, Li told investors at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference that the name TBD, which stands for “to be determined,” was a placeholder that “stuck” because the team’s work is still taking shape. What Susan Li said about Meta’s TBD AI labAt the conference (as reported by Reuters), Li said: “We conceive of it as sort of a pretty small, few-dozen-people, very talent-dense set of folks.”The TBD Lab is part of a larger reorganisation of Meta’s AI efforts under the umbrella of Meta Superintelligence Labs. The team’s goal is to push the boundaries of AI over the next one to two years, positioning Meta to compete more effectively with other major players in the AI race.Reuters cited another report from last month to claim that Meta has split its Superintelligence Labs into four groups, which are: a “TBD” lab (still defining its role), a products team (including the Meta AI assistant), an infrastructure team, and the long-term research-focused FAIR lab. Earlier this year, Meta reorganised its AI division under Superintelligence Labs after senior staff left and its Llama 4 model received mixed feedback. The company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has lately been personally leading aggressive hiring efforts, offering oversized pay packages and directly reaching out to talent on WhatsApp. In July, he said the new setup brings together foundations, products, and FAIR teams, along with a fresh lab focused on building the next generation of AI models.