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Meta AI Watch

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Meta shares fell more than 5% in early trading on Thursday, despite stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue and a sales forecast above Wall Street estimates. Investors are weighing the promise of its fast-growing AI assistant Muse against the cost of building out its AI business, Reuters reports via WHTC.

Why it matters

Meta expects annual capital expenditure of $135 billion to $145 billion and reported a $2.12 billion free-cash-flow deficit for the third quarter, compared with positive free cash flow a year earlier. The market is asking a fair question: when does the AI build-out start paying its own way?

Discuss: Should investors judge Meta’s AI spending by Muse’s user growth now, or wait for clearer evidence that it is generating returns?

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    Update What changed

    Reuters reports that the cost of insuring Meta’s debt against default has reached a record high, adding a credit-market signal to investor concerns about the company’s AI spending. Meta shares fell more than 7% on Thursday, Reuters says, despite better-than-expected results and a strong sales forecast.

    Meta raised the lower end of its annual capital-spending forecast by $5 billion, to a range of $135 billion to $145 billion. Reuters also reports that Meta plans to create a new class of non-voting shares to help fund AI investment, acquisitions and employee compensation, with issuance potentially starting as early as autumn 2026.

    The record credit-default-swap level does not by itself establish that Meta is at risk of default.

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    • Meta falls as investors balance Muse growth with rising AI costs - WTVB: Reuters reports that Meta shares fell more than 7% as investors reacted to increased AI spending; the company raised the lower end of its capital-expenditure forecast by $5 billion, plans a new non-voting share class to help fund investment, and saw the cost of insuring its debt reach a record high.

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