Meta

Meta

Social media platforms and virtual reality solutions

About Meta

Simplify's Rating
Why Meta is rated
A-
Rated A on Competitive Edge
Rated A on Growth Potential
Rated B on Rating Differentiation

Industries

VR & AR

Consumer Software

Financial Services

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$2.2B

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California

Founded

2004

Overview

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

Meta Platforms Inc. focuses on social media, communication tools, and virtual reality. It operates popular platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, allowing users to connect, share content, and engage in communities. The Oculus division provides virtual reality hardware and experiences. Meta's primary revenue comes from advertising, offering businesses tools to target specific audiences using insights from its large user base. This advertising service is scalable and allows for tailored audience segmentation. Additionally, Meta explores revenue through virtual reality product sales and the metaverse, where it looks to monetize virtual goods and services. The company also invests in artificial intelligence and augmented reality to enhance its offerings, aiming to combine user engagement with advanced marketing tools.

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Funded Recently
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Significant Headcount Growth
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Meta's VR wellness apps could expand its user base in health and wellness.
  • LlamaCon may lead to innovative applications and increased adoption of Meta's AI tools.
  • AI-powered humanoid robots could open new revenue streams for Meta.

What critics are saying

  • Realize Music: Sing may face challenges if music licensing agreements aren't maintained.
  • Meta's AI advancements may be overshadowed by competitors like DeepSeek.
  • A civil rights lawsuit could damage Meta's reputation and lead to financial penalties.

What makes Meta unique

  • Meta integrates wellness and entertainment in VR with Realize Music: Sing.
  • Meta's LlamaCon fosters a developer community around its open-source AI model, Llama.
  • Meta's AI-powered humanoid robots aim to transform household chores.

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Funding

Total Funding

$2249.2M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

11 Rounds

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Benefits

Stock Options

Company Equity

Mental Health Support

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

10%

2 year growth

4%
PR Newswire
Feb 20th, 2025
Realize Music: Sing Now Available

An Immersive VR App With A Groundbreaking Catalog of Your Favorite Songs to Sing Along To With Music from Today's Biggest Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock and Country Names To Legendary Icons, Niche Favorites and Everything In BetweenNew App Introduces Solo Singing as a Self-Care Practice With More Music Added WeeklyLOS ANGELES, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Realize Music Inc. is thrilled to announce the launch of Realize Music: Sing exclusively on the Meta Quest in North America. The virtual reality application invites you to lose yourself in an ever-growing catalog of music with gorgeous immersive 360 environments that react to your voice and evolve as you sing, aiming to provide therapeutic benefits such as reducing stress, increasing lung capacity, promoting relaxation and releasing endorphins. Realize Music: Sing launches first on the Meta Quest platform with a massive and ever-growing musical library that features songs stemming from licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, with more major announcements to come.Realize Music: Sing | Gameplay Reveal Trailer Realize Music: Sing | Full Trailer"Music, for so many, can be seen as a safe space, a space to disconnect from the outside world and reconnect with your inner-self, letting go of any tension and allowing the dopamine to flow. We wanted to create an app that perfectly blends music into a form of wellness and that's what you get with Realize Music: Sing

PR Newswire
Feb 19th, 2025
Cmb Launches New Consumer Study Evaluating The Power Of Brand Trust

BOSTON, Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global market research company, CMB, has introduced a new study that evaluates where different industries and brands stand when it comes to trust. As part of this work, they defined the primary dimensions of brand trust and developed an actionable roadmap that brands in any category can use to measure, strengthen and sustain trust with their audiences."While many brands recognize the importance of measuring trust, they often lack a detailed understanding of exactly what trust means to their customers and prospects," said Lori Vellucci, SVP, Practice Lead at CMB. "We set out to define that and then offer roadmap for improvement."Brands in the headlines catalyzed this studyThe brand trust study was inspired by the fact that in this era of AI, so many brands are facing significant trust issues that take time and resources to repair. Trust is the bedrock to sustainable and repeatable business with customers. Without brand trust, companies that suffer setbacks often struggle to recover."SONOS, for example, the home sound system company, had technical issues with their updated app

Webrazzi
Feb 19th, 2025
Meta, 29 Nisan'Da Llamacon Adlı Bir Yapay Zeka Konferansı Düzenliyor

Meta, 29 Nisan 2025'te ilk kez gerçekleştireceği "LlamaCon" adlı yeni bir geliştirici konferansı düzenleyeceğini duyurdu. Etkinlik, şirketin açık kaynaklı yapay zeka modeli ailesi Llama'nın adını taşıyor ve Meta'nın son yapay zeka gelişmelerini paylaşarak geliştiricilerin yeni uygulama ve ürünler yaratmalarını desteklemeyi amaçlıyor.LlamaCon, Meta'nın yıllık geliştirici konferansı Meta Connect'ten aylar önce gerçekleşecek. Connect etkinliği ise 17-18 Eylül 2025 tarihlerinde düzenlenecek ve Meta Horizon güncellemeleri ile geleceğin teknolojilerine dair detayları sunacak.Meta, 2025 yılında yapay zekaya milyarlarca dolar yatırım yapmayı planlıyor. Bu yatırımlar arasında yeni veri merkezlerinin inşası ve yapay zeka odaklı işe alımların yanı sıra, daha küçük bir heads-up ekrana sahip yeni bir akıllı gözlük modeli de olabilir. Şirketin Ray-Ban ile birlikte geliştirdiği yapay zeka destekli akıllı gözlüklerden, Ekim 2023'teki lansmandan bu yana 2 milyon adet satıldığı açıklandı.Ancak Meta'nın yapay zeka alanındaki ilerleyişi, Çinli teknoloji şirketi DeepSeek'in hızlı yükselişiyle gölgelenmiş durumda. DeepSeek'in yeni modellerinin, Llama'nın bir sonraki sürümünü bile geride bırakabileceği konuşuluyor

The Motley Fool
Feb 18th, 2025
Did Meta Platforms Just Say "Checkmate" to Nvidia?

Several media outlets are reporting that Meta is considering acquiring FuriosaAI, a chip start-up out of Korea.

Bollywood Hungama
Feb 18th, 2025
Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, and Adarsh Gourav shares insights on Superboys of Malegaon at Meta event

Excel Entertainment, Tiger Baby, and Amazon MGM Studios collaborated with Meta to talk about their upcoming entertainer with content creators.

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