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IMAGE: META

Founded in 2004

CEO: Mark Zuckerberg

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Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Today, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

Still led by co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who serves as Meta’ s CEO, the company’ s platforms have transformed the way people connect, share information, and engage with digital content.

Its most well-known and largest subsidiary is Facebook LLC, which provides online products and services such as the Facebook social network, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, Portal smart devices, and Novi digital wallet. Other subsidiaries

include Spark AR( augmented reality), Giphy( GIFs), Mapillary( street-level imagery), Kustomer( customer service), and CTRL-labs( neural interface).

Meta’ s leaders are guiding the company as the metaverse evolves, helping to create the next evolution of digital connection. The company has invested US $ 150m in AR / VR training and resources to help students, creators and developers learn new skills, access technologies, and unlock opportunities in the metaverse. It also announced the launch of its Meta Quest Pro headset – designed with productivity in mind and set to be a major upgrade for those who use VR as a tool for work.

The company has also embarked upon a journey into the world of open generative AI, in July announcing with Microsoft the availability of Llama 2, the latest generation of its open source large language model.

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