Ahmad Al-Dahle

Head of Meta’s Llama Team

Pabitra Moharana·Published 2025-12-24T10:48:30.220+05:30Updated 2025-12-24T10:48:30.220+05:30

Key takeaways

Ahmad Al-Dahle leads Meta's Llama team as vice president of generative AI.
Al-Dahle is recognized for his contributions to the open source Llama project.
Prior to Meta, Al-Dahle worked at Apple on autonomous navigation and touchscreen technology.
He holds numerous patents, showcasing his innovation in technology.
Al-Dahle aims for advancements in AI model training, deployment, and achieving AGI.

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The head of Meta’s Llama team, Ahmad Al-Dahle is currently serving as the vice president of generative AI at Meta. This contribution to open source (Llama) has made him one of the most important and loved figures of the developer community, second only to Yann LeCun.

Before joining Meta, Al-Dahle worked at Apple, where he contributed to various inventions related to autonomous navigation and touch screen technology, as evidenced by his patents filed with the USPTO. Al-Dahle's expertise spans AI model training, deployment, and safety, with a long-term goal of achieving AGI.