Nov 18 (Reuters) - Meta's chief revenue officer

John Hegeman said on Tuesday he will leave the Facebook parent

to launch his own startup, marking a key leadership change amid

the social media company's pursuit of superintelligence.

His key responsibilities will be taken over by another Meta

executive, Andrew Bocking, who currently leads Meta's ads

product and strategy team, according to Hegeman's Facebook post.

This comes after a Financial Times report last week that

Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the

company to set up his own startup.

The company has been stepping up its investments in building

AI infrastructure, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg reorganizing the

company's AI initiatives under Superintelligence Labs.

Earlier this year, Zuckerberg hired Alexandr Wang, former

CEO of data-labeling startup Scale AI, to lead the new AI

effort.

Hegeman, citing "mix of emotions" regarding his departure,

credited Zuckerberg for the trust and support.

Head of product at Meta, Naomi Gleit, will become the head

of business AI, Hegeman said in his post.

Clara Shih, who joined Meta last year to lead the business

AI unit, is also leaving the company, according to Bloomberg

News.

Shih chose to step down from her position following her

father's unexpected death this year, according to the report.

Bloomberg News first reported Hegeman's departure.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for

comment.