Meta wants to obtain $ 3 billion from investors. own capital and $ 26 billion debt. Conversations between meta and private investors went forward, and in discussions, several large players took part, including Apollo Global Management, KKR, Brookfield, Carlyle and Pimco, “Financial Times says.
The meta is considering debt acquisition options. It will be one of the largest private funds of this type – says the British daily.
Mark Zuckerberg wants to be a leader in AI
Meta (owner of, among others, Facebook and Instagram) and its largest competitors want to share the risk and costs of huge investments, competing for securing computing power to supply their AI models.
The CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, sharply increased the efforts to become the AI leader, because the company's development this year deviated from the development of rivals. Her Llam 4 model in a large language did not work as well as expected, and the release of her flagship model “Behemoth” was delayed.
The fundraiser of funds takes place when the technological giant has doubled its involvement in artificial intelligence, investing, among others $ 14.8 billion at the startup scale ai.
Artificial intelligence. The giants are fighting for the position of the leader
Mark Zuckerberg announced in January that the company will allocate $ 65 billion this year. For the expansion of the infrastructure of artificial intelligence, trying to strengthen your position on the competitors of OpenAI and Google in the race for the position of a leader on the artificial intelligence technology market.
Microsoft has planned capital expenditure of $ 80 billion. In the 2025 fiscal year, most of which are aimed at expanding data centers.
Bloomberg News informed in February that Apollo Global Management is conducting talks regarding the conduct of a financing package worth about $ 35 billion. For the finish line to help in the development of data centers in the United States.
Source: Financial Times, Reuters
