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Mandeep Singh

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Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Yeah.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And look, I mean, based on consensus right now, we are talking about at least a 50% increase in capex or meta next year.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And no one, I think, would mind that given everyone's fees, there will be lift in revenue from AI down the line in the near term.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

I think they needed some offset because the stock was very expensive on a free cash flow basis.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

So this is a nice offset and I think the TPU news was also quite productive in that direction simply because they will be spending close to $50 billion on accelerator chips next year if $110 billion is their CapEx number.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Some portion allocated to TPUs, which cost maybe 25%, 30% cheaper, I think bring down that free cash, like help offset that free cash flow, which is going to be negative next year.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

I mean, I like to think of, you know, metaverse ambitions as a moonshot for meta.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And look at, you know, Google's moonshot, for example, like self-driving, Venmo.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

That is a lot real then in terms of driving, you know, tangible revenue, top line growth compared to what meta has accomplished with that aggregate, you know, 17 plus billion dollars in spend over the last three, four years.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And to me, it's still a moonshot.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And that's where, you know, paring back and allocating that capital towards, you know,

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Probably a more productive use case in AI where they will see some top line lift is the right thing to do.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And I think the year of efficiency that Meta had a few years back may be a repeat, I think, in 2026.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

I mean, I would say at this point, virtual reality would be de-emphasized over the glasses, the Ray-Ban glasses, as you said.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And clearly, you know, if they want to distill their model into a smaller version, that would run most likely on the augmented reality glasses.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And that is a much better form factor than the virtual reality where they have been subsidizing the hardware costs, but it really hasn't seen the kind of adoption that they could see with the Ray-Ban glasses, for example.