

“Muse,” Meta Platform's ( META ) agentic AI offering, debuted in early September. In just over a month, Muse shot to the top of the Apple App Store rankings and became the fastest-growing consumer app in history outside OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Meta Platforms, Inc. delivered robust Q3 results, with revenue up 26% YoY and strong AI-driven engagement fueling advertising growth. AI investments, notably Muse's rapid adoption, are expected to drive incremental revenue from 2027, supporting a bullish long-term outlook. Operating margin fell to 20% due to a 68% YoY rise in expenses, primarily from legal settlements and infrastructure investments.

A larger AI spending outlook from Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) has raised the question of how the expansion gets financed, and the power-equipment suppliers counting on those orders are absorbing the damage.

Steep bill for AI buildout punishes Meta, other tech favorites

The cost of insuring Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) debt against default rose to a record Thursday as investors weighed the Facebook parent's growing AI spending plans.

Meta Platforms' (META) AI investments are showing a huge improvement to the company's bottom line, according to Angelo Zino with CFRA. Muse is a pivotal advancement he sees playing a key role in that earnings growth.

Meta's board just approved a new class of non-voting stock, and the structure reveals something unusual about how Mark Zuckerberg plans to cash in shares while keeping an iron grip on the company he built.

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