The Meta CEO is starting with himself as the company pushes to flatten its structure and compete with leaner AI-native rivals. The agent, which is still in development, is currently helping Zuckerberg get information faster.

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is developing a personal artificial intelligence agent designed to help him carry out his duties as chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

The agent, which is still in development, is currently helping Zuckerberg get information faster - for instance, by retrieving answers that he would typically have to go through multiple layers of people to obtain, according to a person familiar with the project.

The internal AI agent is designed to help Zuckerberg cut through Meta's sprawling organisational layers, surfacing context, decisions taken by different teams, and stitching together signals from across products - functioning, in effect, as both a chief-of-staff and an analyst.

Zuckerberg's agent project reflects a broader drive across the 78,000-person company to accelerate the pace of work, eliminate layers from its organisational structure, and change the day-to-day jobs of its employees to remain competitive with AI-native startups operating with much smaller staffs.