Meta Platforms Inc.

Social + AI infrastructure (NASDAQ: META).

📍 Menlo Park, California, USA

Meta Platforms Inc., headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is an American multinational technology company that operates under the name Meta. It was founded on February 4, 2004, in Cambridge, MA, by Mark Zuckerberg. The company owns major social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Meta's core mission involves developing products that enable people to connect and share, with a significant strategic focus on building the metaverse, AI solutions, and advancing social technology, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Financially, Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) has a reported market capitalization of $1.547T and 2.54B shares outstanding. The company has prioritized massive investments in artificial intelligence and corporate efficiency, leading to workforce reductions that involved laying off approximately 8,000 employees. Meta's stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker META.