Meta
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Meta operates social apps, messaging services, advertising tools, AI products, and mixed-reality hardware.
Founded
2004Meta operates social apps, messaging services, advertising tools, AI products, and mixed-reality hardware.
Meta 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 was founded in 2004.
Meta's headquarters is located in Menlo Park, CA, US.
Meta's most recent funding round was for $10B (USD) in August 2022.
As of Aug 4, 2022, Meta has raised a total of $24.6B (USD).
Meta has 78,865 employees as of Dec 31, 2025.
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.
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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.
