# Alexandr Wang's Meta Muse App Store Win

> Alexandr Wang's Meta Muse app reached App Store No. 1 ahead of ChatGPT.
- Title: Alexandr Wang's Meta Muse App Store Win · Startup Fortune
- Summary: Alexandr Wang's Meta Muse app reached App Store No. 1 ahead of ChatGPT. Alexandr Wang pushed Meta's Muse agent app to No. 1 in the US App Store with 730,000…
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- Source: Startup Fortune — https://startupfortune.com/how-alexandr-wang-pushed-meta-muse-to-no-1-in-the-app-store-ahead-of-chatgpt
- Published: 2026-10-12T10:08:51+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: alexandr wang, meta muse, app store, chatgpt, scale ai, meta superintelligence labs, muse agent app, ai agent, startups, business
## Alexandr Wang's Scale AI background
Alexandr Wang founded Scale AI at 19 as an MIT student in 2016.
## Meta's $14 billion Scale AI stake
Meta paid more than $14 billion for a 49 percent non-voting stake in Scale AI in 2025.
## Wang joined Meta as chief AI officer
Wang joined Meta in June 2025 as its first chief AI officer leading Superintelligence Labs.
## Muse app reached App Store No. 1
Muse reached the top of the US App Store on September 18 with 730,000 downloads.
## Muse displaced ChatGPT from No. 1
Muse displaced ChatGPT from first place in the US App Store on September 18.
## Muse's download numbers trail
Muse's download numbers trail behind Threads and Meta's chatbot app with weak Android traction.
## Wang's unproven claim about agents
Wang claimed agents can outperform 100 engineers in some internal cases but Meta has not named those cases.
## Muse's ranking is disputed
Sources disagree on whether Muse is still number one in the US App Store as of October 2024.
## What a ranking proves
App Store rankings show installs but not retention or daily use of the product.
## Founder lesson for AI products
Founders should focus on retention and daily use, not just chart rankings for AI products.
## Key takeaway

Alexandr Wang pushed Meta's Muse agent app to No. 1 in the US App Store with 730,000 downloads on September 18, 2024, displacing ChatGPT.