Luke Metz is an AI researcher who joined Meta's Superintelligence Labs in 2026 after co-founding Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab and earlier returning to OpenAI. He previously worked at OpenAI (including a 2022–2024 stint) on deep learning and optimization research, with a Google Scholar profile covering meta-learning and related topics.123
At a glance
- Current role
- Researcher, Superintelligence Labs
- Company
- Meta
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
OpenAI, Thinking Machines, Meta
Reporting from WIRED, The Verge, and Axios describes Metz leaving OpenAI to co-found Thinking Machines Lab, returning to OpenAI in early 2026 with other co-founders, then joining Meta Superintelligence Labs later that year reporting under Alexandr Wang's org.21
Timeline
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.
- Co-founder, Thinking Machines Lab2
- Researcher, OpenAI2
Where they work
- Meta 117 people in the wiki
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3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026