Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.

A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.

The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.

Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during its Q3 earnings call. The AI app now has over 10M users.

The payout is related to a recent trial involving the social media giant that revolved around its data privacy practices.

New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals.