Meta

Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is a technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, Calif. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta is one of the world’s most valuable companies and is among the 10 largest publicly traded corporations in the U.S. It is considered one of the Big Five, alongside Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.
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Meta Revives Plan for Smart Watch, Targets 2026 Launch

By Jyoti Mann · Feb 18, 2026 12:57pm PST
Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Meta’s plans come as other big tech companies, including Apple, OpenAI and Google, are stepping up their plans for new consumer devices. The company has revived a previously shelved smartwatch project, now code-named Malibu 2, and... Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar...
Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg. David Zalubowski/AP.
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Meta and Nvidia Renew Their Vows

By Martin Peers · Feb 17, 2026 5:00pm PST
Take that, Sundar Pichai! Three months after we scooped news that Meta Platforms was in talks to spend billions on Google AI chips—known as tensor processing units—for its data centers, Meta and Nvidia unveiled an expanded “multiyear, multigenerational strategic partnership.” Meta is a longtime Nvidia customer, of course, but it is recommitting... Take that, Sundar Pichai! Three months after we scooped news that Meta Platforms was in talks to...
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How Capex Ramp Up Will Squeeze Google, Amazon, Meta

By Martin Peers · Feb 7, 2026 10:00am PST · 3 comments
Big tech’s dramatic ramp-up in projected capital expenditures this year will all but wipe out free cash flow for Amazon, Google and Meta Platforms. That will force some of those companies to make some difficult choices, such as whether to end stock buybacks or borrow more money. The good news is that the big tech companies have the capacity to... Big tech’s dramatic ramp-up in projected capital expenditures this year will all but wipe out...
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ICE Says It Uses AI From Palantir, OpenAI; Meta’s Humanoid Robot Training Plan
By Erin Woo and Jyoti Mann · Jan 29, 2026 7:00am PST
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ICE Says It Uses AI From Palantir, OpenAI; Meta’s Humanoid Robot Training Plan

By Erin Woo and Jyoti Mann · Jan 29, 2026 7:00am PST
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday released a new database describing its use of artificial intelligence last year, including how Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency within DHS, relied on technology from Palantir and OpenAI.ICE has been a flashpoint around the country after government agents fatally shot two people... The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday released a new database describing its use...
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Why Google Should Take Note of Meta’s Savvy Hire

By Martin Peers · Jan 12, 2026 5:00pm PST
Google might be running away with the AI market right now—as demonstrated by today’s Apple deal—but Meta Platforms can’t be counted out. Meta’s hiring today of former Trump administration official and longtime Goldman Sachs partner Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair was a savvy move by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It strengthens the... Google might be running away with the AI market right now—as demonstrated by today’s Apple deal—...
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Meta, SoftBank and Nvidia Splurge on Holiday AI Deals

By Martin Peers · Dec 29, 2025 5:00pm PST · 1 comment
The dealmakers of the AI sector didn’t take a break this holiday season. Meta revealed this afternoon it had bought Manus, the Singapore-based developer of AI agents. The price wasn’t disclosed but seeing as Manus’ last fundraising valuation was $500 million, Meta might have spent $2 billion or so but not hugely more than that. (More on Manus ... The dealmakers of the AI sector didn’t take a break this holiday season. Meta revealed this...