Meta launched Pocket across the United States on the same day the Gizmo app it was built on shut down. The article says Meta hired the Atma Sciences team in March and received a non-exclusive technology license rather than acquiring the company; it also reports that Gizmo was gone by August.
Meta launches Pocket, an experimental app that turns text prompts into small interactive games users can share on a scrollable feed. The app builds on Meta’s hiring earlier in the year of the team behind Gizmo, a vibe-coded mini-app platform, and brings that prompt-to-play approach to a wider audience.
Meta hires the engineering team behind Gizmo, the vibe-coded mini-app platform developed by New York startup Atma Sciences, into its Superintelligence Labs unit. Meta also takes a non-exclusive license to Gizmo’s technology; the app uses text prompts to create playable interactive creations that users share on a TikTok-style feed.
