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Meta is significantly increasing its investment in artificial intelligence, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledging "hundreds of billions" of dollars in long-term spending. This strategic move comes as Meta reports a strong fourth quarter, boasting a 21% year-over-year revenue increase to $48.4 billion and a 49% jump in net income to $20.8 billion. Zuckerberg views this massive investment in AI infrastructure as a crucial "strategic advantage" for Meta's future, enabling them to compete effectively and serve their billions of users. This move is in part a response to the emergence of new competitors like DeepSeek.

Meta's Reality Labs, while still operating at a loss of $4.97 billion in Q4, has shown positive signs with revenue up 1% year-over-year to $1.1 billion. Furthermore, internal memos reveal that Reality Labs surpassed nearly all sales and user targets for 2024, experiencing a 40% overall sales growth. Meta is particularly focused on developing open-source AI models, aiming to make Llama 4 the most competitive in the world. This open-source strategy is seen as a way to allow Meta to innovate and compete with established AI leaders, despite recent market anxieties regarding DeepSeek.

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References :

• africa.businessinsider.com: In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth says Meta's Reality Labs beat nearly all its sales and user targets for 2024, growing sales ">40% YoY overall" (Jyoti Mann/Business Insider)
• techcrunch.com: Mark Zuckerberg says spending heavily on AI infrastructure is a "strategic advantage" and vows Meta will invest "hundreds of billions" in AI over the long term (Charles Rollet/TechCrunch)
• www.cnbc.com: Meta's Reality Labs posts Q4 revenue up 1% YoY to $1.1B, vs. $1.1B est., and a $4.97B operating loss, vs. $5.4B est.; Reality Labs has lost $60B+ since 2020 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Classification:

• HashTags: #Meta #AIinfrastructure #RealityLabs
• Company: Meta
• Product: AI
• Feature: AI Investment
• Type: AI
• Severity: Major