Alibaba

Meta

Year Founded : 2004 Industry : Multinational technology conglomerate

At the organisation ' s own Connect 2021 conference , CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta , a new company brand that brings the ‘ metaverse ’ to life and helps people connect , find communities and grow businesses . A hybrid of today ’ s online social experiences , this new metaverse allows sharing of immersive experiences with other people , opening up possibilities to do things together that you couldn ’ t do in the physical world .

Meta has also officially launched its Horizon Worlds metaverse app in the US and Canada , that lets users gather with others , play games and build their

own virtual worlds using an Oculus 2 VR headset . According to Zuckerberg , the metaverse will be “ an embodied internet where you ’ re in the experience , not just looking at it ”.

Group

Year Founded : 1999 Industry : eCommerce

Alibaba Group ’ s mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere - operating commerce , cloud computing , digital media and entertainment , and innovation initiatives . While their main business comes from their 912 million consumers in China , the company has 265 million consumers overseas served by Lazada , AliExpress , Trendyol and Daraz , making a total well in excess of 1 billion active users . Unconsolidated related party Ant Group also provides digital payment services and offers digital financial services to consumers and merchants and other businesses on our platforms .

28 Jan 2022