Billionaire Throws $2 Billion At Meta, Hopes AI Stops Stock From Flatlining
KEY POINTS
- •Bill Ackman's Pershing Square revealed in December 2025 it invested about 10% of its capital, around $2 billion, in Meta.
- •The fund expects Meta to benefit greatly from AI, despite Meta’s stock price being flat in 2026 and down roughly 7% from last year.
- •Ackman’s fund also holds 13% in Amazon and 2% in Hertz, while Meta plans to spend $135 billion on AI-driven data center projects.
On May 22, 2025, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square chilled at The Pool in New York while quietly betting a cool $2 billion—roughly 10% of its capital—on Meta, the social media titan with 3.5 billion users growing so steadily it’s practically jogging. Despite Meta’s stock limbo—flat in 2026 and down 7% from last year—Ackman praised their AI bonanza as ‘one of the clearest beneficiaries of AI integration.’ Meta plans to blow a jaw-dropping $135 billion on data centers, a spend celebrated by Wall Street with an 8% pop that lasted less than your coffee break. Meanwhile, Pershing Square also keeps an eye on Amazon (13%) and a 2% nostalgic nod to Hertz from late 2024. Because when tech giants throw money at AI, optimism is mandatory, even if stock prices can't quite RSVP.
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Meta’s $135 billion AI binge got an 8% party pop, then promptly ghosted. Meanwhile, Ackman’s $2 billion hug makes you wonder if he’s betting on AI or just memorizing the stock price swings for fun.
When Bill Ackman puts 10% of his hedge fund into Meta, you know someone’s really optimistic that AI will do their homework someday.
Meta’s stock is a rollercoaster stuck on the slow climb, but hey, $135 billion in data centers means they’re definitely building stuff nobody asked for yet.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/11/2026 | Author: Dominick Reuter
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