Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Spending Makes Metaverse Look Like Piggy Bank
Meta’s stock jumped over 10%, hitting $47.5 billion revenue, thanks to Zuckerberg’s colossal AI hiring spree. Despite sinking $100 billion into the metaverse last year, Zuck now proudly declares AI his 'moonshot'—aiming for AI that 'surpasses human intelligence in every way.' CFO Susan Li reports AI-driven ads are already boosting conversions by up to 5%, proving AI actually earns Meta money, unlike the ghost town metaverse. Zuckerberg confidently told investors his ‘cash cannon is fully pointed’ at superintelligence, promising to 'push the next frontier in a year or so,' while Wall Street applauds the chaos.
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(1 of 3)Mark spent $100B to vanish in the metaverse, now he’s throwing more piles at AI to get a robot smarter than us all. Spoiler: The robots might start by figuring out how to run Facebook ads better.
Meta’s AI binge is like giving a toddler a credit card and saying, 'surpass human intelligence or else.' Stocks up, sanity down.
Investors saw $175 billion added, shrugged, then asked if AI could just fix 99% of Facebook’s problems. AI responded: 'Loading...'
Source: Theverge | Published: 7/31/2025 | Author: Alex Heath
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