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Meta AI (FAIR)

Frontier AI Lab

Also known as: Meta AI, FAIR, Facebook AI Research, Meta Fundamental AI Research

Founded Dec 2013 (12 years old)HQ: Menlo Park, CAai.meta.comWiki page →FactBase →

Founded by Yann LeCun

Meta AI has invested $66-72B in AI infrastructure (2025) with AGI targeted for 2027, pioneering open-source AI through PyTorch (63% market share) and LLaMA (1B+ downloads). However, the organization exhibits weak safety culture with Chief AI Scientist dismissing existential risk, 50%+ researcher attrition to competitors, and no published responsible scaling policy.

Revenue
200970000000
as of 2025
Valuation
3500000000
as of Dec 2025
Headcount
78800
as of Dec 2025
AI Models
6

Facts

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Financial
Annual Cash Burn70000000000
Cumulative Losses$70 billion
Infrastructure Investment115000000000-135000000000
Valuation3500000000
Headcount78800
Revenue200970000000
Market Share63
Other
Compute Cost40-44
Parent Headcount78,800
Parent Revenue201.0 billion
Products & Usage
User Count1000000000
Organization
Legal StructureDivision of Meta Platforms, Inc.
HeadquartersMenlo Park, CA
Founded DateDec 2013
People
Founded ByYann LeCun
General
Websitehttps://ai.meta.com/

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