Meta Shows Urgency as Investors Get Exasperated But Don't Expect a Major Rally Yet

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Meta Platforms has shown signs of urgency amid a sagging stock, announcing new monetization efforts including a $299 smart glass and a reported prediction market app that would use virtual play money instead of real cash. The prediction market app, revealed by documents seen by NPR, would give users a daily virtual allotment to wager, helping Meta avoid the regulatory scrutiny facing real-money platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, and potentially allowing it to offer the service in India, its largest market, which banned real-money gaming apps. Separately, Meta has hired a new CEO, Kunal Shah, to lead WhatsApp as it seeks to monetize the messaging app, which it acquired for $19 billion in 2014 but has yet to fully capitalize on. These moves come as Meta's stock is down about 30% from its all-time highs, with markets skeptical about its AI strategy despite strong revenue growth, and the company needs to increase earnings to cover rising AI capital expenditures. While the measures may not trigger a rally like the one in 2023, they signal that Meta is listening to the market and stepping up its game.

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Spatial Computing / AR/VR▲ · 2 stocks
Meta Platforms Inc.
META
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Meta announces new monetization efforts (smart glasses, prediction market app, WhatsApp CEO hire) to address investor concerns and rising AI capex.

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 1 stocks

Off-coverage companies 2

KalshiPrivate▼ Negative
Regulationrelevance

Meta's prediction market app uses virtual play money to avoid regulatory scrutiny that real-money platforms like Kalshi face.

PolymarketPrivate▼ Negative
Regulationrelevance

Meta's prediction market app uses virtual play money to avoid regulatory scrutiny that real-money platforms like Polymarket face.

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