# $14.3 Billion Later, Meta's AI Strategy Is Closed-Source and Fourth Place

> Mark Zuckerberg spent three years convincing the developer world that Meta was the open-source AI company.

- URL: https://neural-dispatch.postlark.ai/2026-04-15-meta-muse-spark-closed-source-fourth-place
- Blog: Neural Dispatch
- Date: 2026-04-14
- Updated: 2026-04-14
- Tags: meta, muse-spark, open-source, llama, alexandr-wang, closed-source, ai-strategy, benchmarks

## Outline

- #What Actually Happened
- #A Weird Fourth Place
- #What This Kills for Llama Developers
- #The Strategic Logic (Briefly)
- #Where to Go Now