Meta Platforms (META) is one of the world’s largest technology conglomerates, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. The company operates through two segments: Family of Apps, encompassing Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads, and Reality Labs, its augmented and virtual reality division.
With over 3.56 billion daily active users across its app ecosystem as of Q1 2026, Meta has evolved from a social networking pioneer into a full-stack artificial intelligence powerhouse, leveraging its massive data moat to drive AI-powered advertising monetization, agentic AI product development, and next-generation computing through its Meta Superintelligence Labs initiative.