Meta
Public
Meta operates social apps, messaging services, advertising tools, AI products, and mixed-reality hardware.
Founded
2004Meta owns and operates the Family of Apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads, and WhatsApp, alongside an advertising network that connects marketers with billions of users. The company also builds AI products through Meta AI and Llama models, and develops virtual and augmented reality hardware including Meta Quest headsets and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
Founded in 2004 as Facebook by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard students, the company rebranded to Meta in 2021 to reflect its focus on the metaverse and immersive technologies. Meta generates the majority of its revenue from digital advertising, while investing heavily in AI infrastructure and Reality Labs. In 2025, the company reported $201 billion in revenue and served 3.58 billion daily active people across its apps.
Meta - M & A Snapshot
Meta - Products & Services
Ray-Ban Meta is Meta's line of AI smart glasses with a camera, audio, and the Meta AI assistant.
Competing Products
Meta's on-device machine-learning runtime for mobile and edge devices.
Competing Products
ESMFold is a protein structure prediction model developed by Meta AI that predicts 3D structures directly from protein sequences.
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Instagram is Meta's photo, video, messaging, shopping, and creator-sharing social app.
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Meta Quest is Meta's standalone virtual and mixed reality headset line.
Competing Products
Threads by Instagram is Meta's text-first social app for public conversations and real-time updates.
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Facebook is Meta's social networking app for communities, groups, messaging, pages, and creators.
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Meta Ads Manager lets marketers create, manage, measure, and optimize advertising across Meta apps.
WhatsApp is Meta's encrypted messaging app for texts, calls, communities, channels, and business messaging.
Meta AI is Meta's assistant for chat, image generation, search, and in-app AI features.
Messenger is Meta's messaging app for chats, voice calls, video calls, and business conversations.
Meta - Similar Companies
Meta - Quick Facts
Who are Meta's competitors?
Companies similar to Meta include Solos, Even Realities, Cactus and Google DeepMind.
When was Meta founded?
Meta was founded in 2004.
Where is Meta's headquarters located?
Meta's headquarters is located in Menlo Park, CA, US.
When was Meta's last funding round?
Meta's most recent funding round was for $10B (USD) in August 2022.
How much has Meta raised to-date?
As of Aug 4, 2022, Meta has raised a total of $40.6B (USD).
How many employees does Meta have?
Meta has 66,185 employees as of Feb 6, 2024.
Meta - Classification
- Ownership
- Technology
- Geographic Exposure
- Global Asia
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- Revenue
- Customer
- Unique IDs
- ein: 201665019
- secCik: 0001326801
- ticker: META
- NAICS
- 540000Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 541500Computer Systems Design and Related Services
- 541000Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 541510Computer Systems Design and Related Services
- 541511Custom Computer Programming Services
- SIC
- 7300Business Services
- 7370Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related
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- NAICS
- 513200Software Publishers
- 510000Information
- 513000Publishing Industries
- 513210Software Publishers
- SIC
- 6000Depository Institutions
- 7371Computer Programming Services
- 7372Prepackaged Software