Meta is hosting LlamaCon, its first-ever AI developer conference, on April 29, 2025. The event focuses on Meta’s open-source Llama AI models and takes place at its Menlo Park headquarters. Leading executives and tech CEOs, including Mark Zuckerberg, Ali Ghodsi, and Satya Nadella, will share insights.
The conference is also livestreamed globally on the Meta for Developers Facebook Page and the Meta Developers YouTube channel.
Event Highlights and Participants
The conference opens at 10:15 a.m. Pacific Time with a keynote by Meta’s Chris Cox, Manohar Paluri, and Angela Fan.
Shortly after, Zuckerberg engages in fireside chats with Ali Ghodsi, Databricks co-founder, and later Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Ali Ghodsi’s involvement builds on Meta’s backing of Databricks as a strategic advisor.
Significance of LlamaCon
LlamaCon marks Meta’s effort to strengthen its open-source AI ecosystem and engage developers worldwide.
The company plans to invest up to $80 billion in AI projects in 2025, including new hires and new AI data centers.
Meta’s Llama models have seen hundreds of millions of downloads and are hosted by partners like Nvidia, Groq, Dell, and Snowflake.
Schedule
| Time (PT) | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:15 AM | Keynote by Chris Cox, Manohar Paluri, and Angela Fan |
| 10:45 AM | Fireside chat between Mark Zuckerberg and Ali Ghodsi on open-source AI |
| 4:00 PM | Fireside chat between Mark Zuckerberg and Satya Nadella on AI trends |
Context and Challenges
Meta recently launched Llama 4, but some developers noted it was not state-of-the-art compared to competitors.
Meta faced allegations of artificially boosting benchmark scores for Llama 4, which its executives have denied.
The company used a version optimized for conversationality during evaluations but publicly released a different model version.
LlamaCon represents Meta’s push to regain developer trust and assert its role in the evolving AI landscape.
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