American multinational technology conglomerate
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Meta Platforms, Inc. ,[15] [16] doing business as Meta ,[17] [18] and formerly named Facebook, Inc. , and TheFacebook, Inc. ,[19] is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California . The company owns and operates Facebook , Instagram , Threads , and WhatsApp , among other products and services.[20] Meta is one of the world's most valuable companies and among the ten largest publicly traded corporations in the United States.[21] It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Google 's parent company Alphabet , Amazon , Apple , and Microsoft .
In addition to Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, Meta has also acquired Oculus (which it has integrated into Reality Labs ), Mapillary , CTRL-Labs, and a 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms ; the company additionally endeavored into non-VR hardware, such as the discontinued Meta Portal smart displays line and presently partners with Luxottica through the Ray-Ban Stories series of smart glasses.[22] [23] Despite endeavors into hardware, the company still relies on advertising for a vast majority of its revenue, which in 2022 made up 97.5 percent of its revenue.[12]
On October 28, 2021, the parent company of Facebook changed its name from Facebook, Inc., to Meta Platforms, Inc., to "reflect its focus on building the metaverse ".[24] According to Meta, the term "metaverse" refers to the integrated environment that links all of the company's products and services.[25] [26] [27]
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