David Brown

But the price for victory is deceptively high.

From Audible Originals, this is episode one of Meta and the Battle for Smart Glasses for Business Wars.

A quick note about some of the recreations you've been hearing.

In most cases, we can't know exactly what was said at the time, those scenes or dramatizations, but they're based on research.

If you'd like to read more, we recommend the work of 404 Media, including the piece, AI is African Intelligence.

The workers who train AI are fighting back by Jason Kebler.

And Snap's spectacles are the beginning of a camera-first future by David Pierce for Wired.

I'm your host, David Brown.

Katie Clark Gray wrote this story.

Voice acting by Chloe Elmore.

Our senior producers are Jenny Bloom and Emily Frost.

Karen Lowe is our producer emeritus.

Fact-checking by Gabrielle Jolet.

Our producer is Tristan Donovan of Yellow Ant.

Our managing producer is Desi Blalock.

Sound design by Josh Morales.

Our lead sound designer is Kyle Randall.

Executive producer for Audible, Jenny Lauer Beckman.

Head of creative development at Audible, Kate Naving.

Head of Audible Originals North America, Marshall Louie.