Meta Platforms, Inc.
Meta Platforms, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with a mission to bring the metaverse to life by helping people connect, build communities, and grow businesses. The company operates through two segments: Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). FoA generates revenue primarily from selling advertising placements on its family of apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads, to marketers. RL generates revenue from sales of consumer hardware products, software, and content. The company is investing in areas such as AI, the metaverse, regulatory readiness, and enhancing developer efficiency to build, iterate, and optimize products quickly. Its products include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads, Meta Quest devices, Meta Quest Store, Meta Horizon Worlds, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 3, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, and Meta Spark. The company faces significant competition in the technology industry and is subject to various laws and regulations, including those related to privacy, data protection, and intellectual property. Its website is meta.com and its ticker symbol is META.