Meta and Apple CEOs Back Muse Spark Open

CEOs publicly support Muse Spark Open Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook are publicly supporting their companies’ work on Muse Spark Open. Their statements put the leaders’ backing on the record, while the companies’ efforts remain distinct: Meta is developing Muse Spark Open, and Apple is working on it as well. Zuckerberg described Meta’s project as part of a broader push to build advanced AI and make it available to people. Cook, meanwhile, voiced support for Apple’s work, linking the company’s efforts to its approach to AI. The public statements show that both executives are willing to associate themselves with the work rather than leave it solely to teams inside their companies. The support does not mean the companies are taking the same route. Meta and Apple have their own work to explain, and the details belong to their respective projects. For now, the notable point is that leaders at both companies have publicly backed their organisation’s involvement in Muse Spark Open. Meta’s work on Muse Spark Open Meta has described Muse Spark Open as part of its effort to develop more capable AI systems. The company has said it is working to make the model open, while continuing to build and improve it. That work puts Meta among the companies publicly backing the project. The source does not provide further details about Meta’s technical contributions, a release date, or how the model will be made available. It also does not specify what parts of the system will be open. For now, Meta’s stated involvement is framed as work on Muse Spark Open rather than a detailed description of its development or planned distribution. This account distinguishes Meta’s support from the broader public endorsements discussed elsewhere in the article: it identifies the company’s work on the project, but offers no additional claims about the model’s capabilities or its adoption. Apple’s work on Muse Spark Open Apple’s involvement in Muse Spark Open is presented through CEO Tim Cook’s public support for the initiative. His remarks place Apple among the companies whose leaders have spoken positively about the project, alongside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The source does not describe Apple building, releasing or contributing code to Muse Spark Open, so Cook’s public statement is the specific evidence of the company’s connection. This distinction matters when describing Apple’s role. Public support is not the same as a confirmed technical contribution, and the available information does not detail any Apple products, teams or development work related to Muse Spark Open. Instead, Cook’s comments indicate that Apple is publicly aligned with the initiative. In the context of other CEOs voicing support, Apple’s position adds to the public backing around the project, but the source offers no further account of what the company may do beyond that expression of support. What the public support signals In public comments, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook have both expressed support for their respective companies’ work on Muse Spark Open. Zuckerberg described Muse Spark Open as a model Meta had developed and said the company was releasing it as open source. Cook, meanwhile, praised Apple’s work on the project, calling it “incredible” and highlighting the team behind it. Their remarks offer a direct account of how each CEO has publicly presented the work: Zuckerberg emphasized Meta’s development and release of the model, while Cook emphasized Apple’s contribution and the people involved. Both statements were supportive, but they focused on different aspects of the companies’ efforts. Taken at face value, the comments show each leader speaking positively about their own company’s role in Muse Spark Open. They do not, on their own, establish anything beyond those public expressions of support.