Meta is reportedly expanding employee access to AI tools from rivals like Google and OpenAI, signalling a pragmatic shift to make artificial intelligence central to everyday work across the company.
Meta is reportedly opening the door to rival AI tools, including Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, as it accelerates plans to make artificial intelligence central to how employees work.
The supposed shift reflects Meta’s push to become what executives describe as an “AI-first” company, where automation, large language models and agentic systems are embedded across day-to-day tasks.
In internal communications seen by Business Insider, Meta’s chief information officer Atish Banerjea told staff the goal is to “make AI core to how we work,” combining Meta’s own Llama models with third-party tools where they offer advantages.
Employees now reportedly have access to a broad suite of AI systems, including Google’s Gemini 3 Pro and OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT models, alongside Meta’s in-house assistants.
The tools are said to be used for everything from research and writing to software development and complex problem-solving.
On the engineering side, Meta has expanded access to AI coding assistants, including internal tools and integrations with external models designed to speed up development and reduce repetitive work.
The reported move is notable given Meta’s heavy investment in its own AI stack.
The company has spent tens of billions of dollars developing Llama and related infrastructure, positioning its models as a core part of its consumer products and internal operations.
Allowing staff to freely use competing models suggests a pragmatic approach: Meta wants the best results, regardless of who builds the underlying technology.
AI adoption inside the company is also said to be actively encouraged, as Meta has introduced internal programmes that reward employees for using AI effectively, and managers are increasingly expected to demonstrate “AI-driven impact”.
From next year, those results will reportedly factor into performance reviews, further cementing AI as a core workplace skill.
By embracing both its own models and those of rivals, Meta is betting that productivity gains matter more than platform loyalty.
The strategy also highlights how competition at the consumer level does not prevent collaboration, or at least coexistence, behind the scenes as tech companies race to define the next era of work.
Meta lets employees use Gemini and ChatGPT as company makes ‘AI core to how we work’
